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The New Family ?

Author : Elizabeth Bortolaia Silva

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 189 pages

File Size : 36,7 MB

Release : 1999-02-08

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0761958568

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Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation. Most politicians and researchers have viewed these changes as harmful, suggesting that the family as an institution should not alter. The `New' Family? challenges these dominant views. Leading academics in the field consider current diverse practices in families, and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should be and how they actually are, illustrating the need for a broader definition of family. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously, rather



The Book of New Family Traditions (Revised and Updated)

Author : Meg Cox

Publisher : Running Press Adult

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 42,22 MB

Release : 2012-05-22

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9780762443185

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Offers instructions or "recipes" for creating new family rituals or traditions, in categories such as "holidays," "family festivities and ceremonies," and "rites of passage."



The New Family: A Completely Gripping and Addictive Psychological Thriller with a Jaw-dropping Twist

Author : Victoria Jenkins

Publisher : Bookouture

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 39,71 MB

Release : 2021-11-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781800199743

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Can you really trust the family next door? Brooke is delighted when Oliver decides to rent her old family home with his three-year-old son Finley. Finally someone to bring happiness to the rundown house across the street. They seem like the perfect tenants, but Brooke is a little unnerved when they move in with just a single bag between them. Where are their belongings? When Brooke asks Oliver about his past, he quickly changes the subject. Her best friend tells her to leave it, after all Brooke has been through enough trauma in her life. But Brooke can't shake off the feeling that something isn't right. Why aren't her new tenants' names listed anywhere online? Then Brooke arrives home to find orange flames dancing in the upstairs windows. As her whole life goes up in smoke, she is convinced it wasn't an accident. And when she finds Finley drawing a picture of an angry burning house with terror in his eyes, her blood runs cold. What is Finley so frightened of? And why does Oliver snatch the drawing away the moment he sees it? Brooke is convinced Finley is in serious danger, but given her past, she's not sure anyone will believe her. Is Brooke ready to face up to her own demons to save the little boy? And when the truth is finally revealed, who is really the one in danger? The New Family is an addictive psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming, perfect for fans of The Wife, The Silent Patient and Lisa Jewell. Why readers love The New Family: 'A delicious thriller... I read this over two days, jumping into bed each night to pick up where I left off!... I was thoroughly hooked... I loved this book.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars 'There are twists and turns that could rival a roller coaster! Surprise after surprise kept me riveted... Intense, gripping and very compelling!... A must-read.' @rubie_reads, 5 stars 'A superb read... Kept me on the edge of my seat... Exciting, engrossing, a page-turner... Top marks.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars 'I absolutely loved this thriller.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars 'A one-sitting read... Brilliant.' Goodreads reviewer 'Plenty to keep you absorbed!' NetGalley reviewer 'Compelling suspense... An immersive read.' NetGalley reviewer Why readers love Victoria Jenkins: 'OMG!!... Brilliant!... Makes your heart skip a beat... Will have the hairs on your head standing... OH BOY... This ending is explosive and will simply leave you breathless and gasping... This is a MUST READ!' The Secret Book Sleuth, 5 stars 'Fantastic, excellent... Incredible... I could not put this one down for the life of me... Loved, loved, loved this book... Wow, what a rollercoaster ride of an ending that was... I love it when a book shocks the pants off of me... I would highly recommend this to a friend and would shout it from any roof top.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars



The New Family Table

Author : Julia Nordgren

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 13,70 MB

Release : 2019-01-05

Category :

ISBN : 9781732645608

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A collection of healthy, family-friendly recipes by a Stanford University nutritional pediatrician who is also a trained chef.



The New Family ?

Author : Elizabeth Silva

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 188 pages

File Size : 38,15 MB

Release : 1998-12-04

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1446264084

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`I would recommend the book to anyone with an interest in the family, whether their interest is in constructs of "old" family values and morals, or in the "new" alternatives, and (possibly from a political point of view), threatening family. It provides food for thought for members of all these groups′ - Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology `The essays explore the increasing diversity, both for the study of sociology and for the wider political agenda′ - International Journal of Law and the Family Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation. Most politicians and researchers have viewed these changes as harmful, suggesting that the family as an institution should not alter. The `New′ Family? challenges these dominant views. Leading academics in the field consider current diverse practices in families, and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should be and how they actually are, illustrating the need for a broader definition of family. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously, rather than simply seeing change as dangerous and undesirable.



Family Values

Author : Melinda Cooper

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 449 pages

File Size : 35,36 MB

Release : 2017-02-01

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 194213004X

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Why was the discourse of family values so pivotal to the conservative and free-market revolution of the 1980s and why has it continued to exert such a profound influence on American political life? Why have free-market neoliberals so often made common cause with social conservatives on the question of family, despite their differences on all other issues? In this book, Melinda Cooper challenges the idea that neoliberalism privileges atomized individualism over familial solidarities, and contractual freedom over inherited status. Delving into the history of the American poor laws, she shows how the liberal ethos of personal responsibility was always undergirded by a wider imperative of family responsibility and how this investment in kinship obligations recurrently facilitated the working relationship between free-market liberals and social conservatives. Neoliberalism, she argues, must be understood as an effort to revive and extend the poor law tradition in the contemporary idiom of household debt. As neoliberal policymakers imposed cuts to health, education, and welfare budgets, they simultaneously identified the family as a wholesale alternative to the twentieth-century welfare state. And as the responsibility for deficit spending shifted from the state to the household, the private debt obligations of family were defined as foundational to socio-economic order. Despite their differences, neoliberals and social conservatives were in agreement that the bonds of family needed to be encouraged — and at the limit enforced — as a necessary counterpart to market freedom. In a series of case studies ranging from Clinton’s welfare reform to the AIDS epidemic, and from same-sex marriage to the student loan crisis, Cooper explores the key policy contributions made by neoliberal economists and legal theorists. Only by restoring the question of family to its central place in the neoliberal project, she argues, can we make sense of the defining political alliance of our times, that between free-market economics and social conservatism.



Welcome to the Family!

Author : Scarlet Paolicchi

Publisher : Rockridge Press

Page : pages

File Size : 49,20 MB

Release : 2020-06-02

Category :

ISBN : 9781647390396

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Celebrate becoming a big sister or brother with activities and journaling fun There's big news... You're going to be a big sister or a big brother! Welcome to the Family!: A Celebratory Journal for a New Big Sister or Brother is here to help a big sibling-to-be get creative and make big plans as they welcome a new baby. They can play games, write, draw, and color to express their feelings. There are even fun ideas to get the rest of the family involved, too. A budding big sister or big brother can start by writing down special details about themselves and their family. When baby arrives, they'll find ways to learn about their new family member--discover their favorite things, sing songs, and imagine future adventures. There's even space to write notes for their new sibling to read when they're older! Welcome to the Family!: A Celebratory Journal for a New Big Sister or Brother includes: Tons of ways to play--Take quizzes, color the pictures, fill-in-the-blanks, or learn more about relatives with fun interview questions. For every family--Discover lots of ideas that any kind of family can use to make memories and share joy during this super special time. For littler big sibs, too--A younger big sister or big brother can get help from parents with plenty of tips for making activities simpler. Exciting activities and games await every brand-new big sister or brother in Welcome to the Family!



I Have a New Family Now

Author : Robin Prince Monroe

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 37,19 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Families

ISBN : 9780570050391

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"By using the interactive exercises and simple discussions in this book, parents can help children understand why they not fear changes in their family--and how they will always be a part of God's family".



How to Be a Family

Author : Dan Kois

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 323 pages

File Size : 29,88 MB

Release : 2019-09-17

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 0316552615

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In this "refreshingly relatable" (Outside) memoir, perfect for the self-isolating family, Slate editor Dan Kois sets out with his family on a journey around the world to change their lives together. What happens when one frustrated dad turns his kids' lives upside down in search of a new way to be a family? Dan Kois and his wife always did their best for their kids. Busy professionals living in the D.C. suburbs, they scheduled their children's time wisely, and when they weren't arguing over screen time, the Kois family-Dan, his wife Alia, and their two pre-teen daughters-could each be found searching for their own happiness. But aren't families supposed to achieve happiness together? In this eye-opening, heartwarming, and very funny family memoir, the fractious, loving Kois' go in search of other places on the map that might offer them the chance to live away from home-but closer together. Over a year the family lands in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, and small-town Kansas. The goal? To get out of their rut of busyness and distractedness and to see how other families live outside the East Coast parenting bubble. HOW TO BE A FAMILY brings readers along as the Kois girls-witty, solitary, extremely online Lyra and goofy, sensitive, social butterfly Harper-like through the Kiwi bush, ride bikes to a Dutch school in the pouring rain, battle iguanas in their Costa Rican kitchen, and learn to love a town where everyone knows your name. Meanwhile, Dan interviews neighbors, public officials, and scholars to learn why each of these places work the way they do. Will this trip change the Kois family's lives? Or do families take their problems and conflicts with them wherever we go? A journalistic memoir filled with heart, empathy, and lots of whining, HOW TO BE A FAMILY will make readers dream about the amazing adventures their own families might take.



The Family Next Door

Author : Sally Hepworth

Publisher : St. Martin's Press

Page : 350 pages

File Size : 38,86 MB

Release : 2018-03-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1250120918

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America's next favorite Australian author! "With jaw-dropping discoveries and realistic consequences, this novel is not to be missed. Perfect for lovers of Big Little Lies." —Library Journal, starred review Small, perfect towns often hold the deepest secrets. From the outside, Essie’s life looks idyllic: a loving husband, a beautiful house in a good neighborhood, and a nearby mother who dotes on her grandchildren. But few of Essie’s friends know her secret shame: that in a moment of maternal despair, she once walked away from her newborn, asleep in her carriage in a park. Disaster was avoided and Essie got better, but she still fears what lurks inside her, even as her daughter gets older and she has a second baby. When a new woman named Isabelle moves in next door to Essie, she is an immediate object of curiosity in the neighborhood. Why single, when everyone else is married with children? Why renting, when everyone else owns? What mysterious job does she have? And why is she so fascinated with Essie? As the two women grow closer and Essie’s friends voice their disapproval, it starts to become clear that Isabelle’s choice of neighborhood was no accident. And that her presence threatens to bring shocking secrets to light. The Family Next Door is Sally Hepworth at her very best: at once a deeply moving portrait of family drama and a compelling suburban mystery that will keep you hooked until the very last page.