Download or read book Ava's Bedside: Making Sense Through Attachment written by Nobo Komagata and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many of us are fully making sense of our lives? Ava's Bedside introduces a fable in which a dying hippo struggles with this question. Through conversation with other hippos, she finally realizes what is missing from her life. This book also contains a detailed commentary on the fable. The commentary discusses the importance of secure child-parent attachment for a meaningful life, referring to ideas in attachment theory.