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Promises I Can Keep - Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage (Hardcover)
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Promises I Can Keep - Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage (Hardcover)
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"This is the most important study ever written on motherhood and
marriage among low-income urban women. Edin and Kefalas's timely,
engaging, and well-written book is a careful ethnographic study
that paints an indelible portrait of family life in poor
communities and, in the process, provides incredible insights on
the explosion of mother-only families within these
communities."--William Julius Wilson, author of "The Bridge Over
the Racial Divide"This book provides the most insightful and
comprehensive account I have read of the reasons why many
low-income women postpone marriage but don't postpone childbearing.
Edin and Kefalas do an excellent job of illuminating the changing
meaning of marriage in American society."--Andrew Cherlin, author
of "Public and Private Families"Edin and Kefalas provide an
original and convincing argument for why low-income women continue
to embrace motherhood while postponing and raising the bar on
marriage. This book is a must read for students of the family as
well as for policy makers and practitioners who hope to rebuild
marriage in low-income communities."--Sara McLanahan, author of
"Growing Up with a Single Parent""Promises I Can Keep is the best
kind of exploration: honest, incisive and ever-so-original. It'll
make you squirm, and that's a good thing, especially since Edin and
Kefalas try to make sense of the biggest demographic shift in the
last half century. This is a must read for anyone interested in the
tangled intersection of family and public policy."--Alex Kotlowitz,
author of "There Are No Children Here
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