This monograph is the yield of a multi-dimensional analysis spanning an extensive empirical corpus, collected through many hours of biographical interviews with the members of migrant families. It reconstructs a life rhythm marked by separation and reveals the adolescence of migrants’ children to be a period shaped by disproportionate responsibility, loneliness, and an enduring sense of temporariness.

The narratives show that migration experience among family members tends to be closely aligned, as they identify recurring cycles of absences and returns of the parent working abroad. These cycles have a profound impact on everyday functioning, relationships, and communication. Numerous accounts also foreground a sense that family life becomes subordinated to the needs and decisions of the person abroad, which considerably undermines stability and predictability.

The English-language edition was developed following the author’s research stay in the United States in 2025, notably the lecture delivered at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where the monograph’s central findings were presented and discussed. In this sense, the book is an invitation to international scholarly dialogue and comparative reflection on separation in transnational families. The testimonies cited here offer insights into the emotional hardships and complexity of migration-related biographies. Without simplistic, moralizing assessments, the monograph restores voice to those for whom separation became a defining dimension of growing up.

ISBN 978-83-66983-73-1 (Wydawnictwo Nauk Społecznych i Humanistycznych UAM)
ISBN 978-83-7589-132-4 (Wydawnictwo Fundacji Humaniora)

289 stron, format B5
oprawa miękka

Cena: 25,00 zł