Embracing Persephone Author:Virginia Beane Rutter As a girl grows from childhood into her teenage years, she begins to feel increased independence from her family. Her relationship with her parents, especially her mother, can become strained as her need to pull away and create her own identity emerges. You may feel that you are losing your connection with your daughter during this time, and y... more »our natural instinct is to hold on even tighter--a response that can create tension betwenn the two of you. In Embracing Persephone, bestselling author, Jungian analyst, and mother Virginia Beane Rutter uses the ancient myth of Demeter and ther daughter Persephone as a backdrop to her exploration of the mother-daughter relationship during the daughter's transformation from child to young woman. By showing mothers how to reclaim their connection to their daughters in a way that honors the growth of both mother and daughter, Rutter provides a supportive guide through an essential transition in a mother's life« less