This popular sociology of family text introduces key theoretical perspectives, reflects the most current data and research, and uses cross-cultural comparisons to present the most comprehensive coverage of the family.
Parents and teachers can use this book to encourage children to talk about their families and the different kinds of families that exist.
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This is the personal, heartfelt, and inspiring book we need to move us into action. Whether you're new to the foster care journey or a seasoned veteran, this book needs to be on your shelf. You will read it again and again.
The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.
Sharlet follows the story back to Abraham Vereide, an immigrant preacher who in 1935 organized a small group of businessmen sympathetic to European fascism, fusing the far right with his own polite but authoritarian faith.
More than twenty years after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family is reissued by FSG Classics, with a new preface by the author.
Weaving together multiple perspectives to create a portrait of the American dream gone awry, Baby of the Family is a vivid, absorbing debut about family secrets and how they define us, bind us together, and threaten to blow us apart.
I screwed the sandwich up so tightly in my fist that tuna mayo splattered all over the sleeve of my black top. “Aww, never mind,” Katie said. “I'm sure Mummy will wash it for you.” She sashayed away while I rubbed at the stain with my ...
The Marriage & FamilyReview series: FamilyMedicine: A New Approach to Health Care, edited by Betty E. Cogswell and Marvin B. Sussman Cults and the Family, edited by Florence Kaslow and Marvin B. Sussman Alternatives to ...
One of Literary Hub's and The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Mystery of 2022 An acclaimed storyteller returns with “a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery” that explores “family, ...