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Being a Distance Grandchild - a Book for ALL Generations

Name: Being a Distance Grandchild - a Book for ALL Generations
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SKU: 9780473760373
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By Helen Ellis

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When generations of a family are spread across countries and continents, it changes everything – relationships, roles, identity, and connection. Being a Distance Grandchild explores what it means to grow up away from grandparents and extended family, giving voice to those who live between homes, cultures,... Read More

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Being a Distance Grandchild - a Book for ALL Generations

This book answers a question that has never been asked before: “How is it, or how was it, being a Distance Grandchild?”

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When generations of a family are spread across countries and continents, it changes everything – relationships, roles, identity, and connection. Being a Distance Grandchild explores what it means to grow up away from grandparents and extended family, giving voice to those who live between homes, cultures, and time zones.

Crafted with insight, warmth, and purpose, this book, written by a New Zealander, is part of a series dedicated to building empathy across the generations of globally scattered families. It helps grandparents, parents, and grandchildren understand each other’s realities – sometimes obvious, often subtle, and frequently unspoken.

Educators, counsellors, HR professionals, military personnel, NGOs, diplomatic staff, missionary organisations, government agencies, and relocation experts – anyone working in global mobility – will also find valuable perspective in these pages. Because behind every international move is a network of family ties that need care and understanding.

With knowledge comes understanding…
With understanding comes empathy…
And empathy is a good thing for Distance Families.

Being a Distance Grandchild – A Book for ALL Generations is the last of three in the insightful Distance Families Book Series.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780473760373

Publisher: Distance Families Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 January 2026

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Distance Families Publishing

Illustration: 22

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 340

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About the Author

Helen Ellis is a New Zealand-based researcher, writer, anthropologist, and a seasoned distance grandparent. With three of her four children, and six of her seven grandchildren (aged 2 to 26), living between 16 and 30 flight hours away in the United States, England, and Scotland, she lives the life she writes about.

Helen is the founder of DistanceFamilies.com, a platform dedicated to supporting and understanding the unique dynamics of families spread across the globe. Her guiding research question – How is Distance Familying for you? – reflects her deep commitment to giving voice to each generation of Distance Families.

She passionately believes that all members of Distance Families – grandparents, adult children, and grandchildren – deserve to be heard and understood. Through independent research and advocacy, Helen has taken on the mission of bridging the emotional and cultural gaps created by geography.

“With understanding comes empathy,” she says, “and this can only do good as we all gingerly navigate the often-challenging social phenomenon of Distance Families.”

Being a Distance Grandchild is the final book in her three-part series exploring Distance Families from each generational perspective – grandparents, sons and daughters, and now, grandchildren. Helen encourages readers from all generations to explore the full series to gain a richer, more compassionate understanding of the others’ experiences.

To learn more about the full series and stay updated, visit www.DistanceFamilies.com.