Pillemer, Karl

Scope and Contents What makes family estrangement so painful? Why do these rifts arise in the first place, and how can we overcome them? In a Chats in the Stacks talk at Mann Library in January 2021, Dr. Karl Pillemer discusses his new book, “Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them” (Avery, 2020). Based largely on Pillemer’s groundbreaking, ten-year Cornell Reconciliation Project—the first national survey on estrangement—“Fault Lines” combines science-based repair tools with the personal...