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Explore the real-life triumphs and tragedies of single-parent
mothers!Unbroken Homes is a "story quilt" of personal narratives
constructed from in-depth, case study interviews of five
single-parent mothers. The book chronicles their journeys as
mothers, daughters, and women, in relationships and in solitude,
displaying their stories in their own words like the squares of a
multicolored quilt. Unbroken Homes breaks through the stigma
associated with "broken homes" and provides a new perspective on
the reorganization of American families.Unbroken Homes encourages
you to rethink some damaging stereotypical assumptions about
children from single-mother headed homes. Drawing information from
family research, counseling, and a cross-section of social
sciences, this book is pertinent to any professional who works with
single parents or their children. Unbroken Homes does not deal with
what is "typical" in the single-parenting experience, nor does it
give advice or proselytize. Rather, its purpose is to discover the
meaning that single-parent mothers bring to their own lives,
helping you to understand the dynamics of single-parent families
from a uniquely personal perspective.In Unbroken Homes you will
witness the ways that these women: experience the ill effects of
gender role socialization work to overcome stigma redefine ideals
for family life and gender expectations balance responsibilities in
and outside of their homes stretch finances to meet the needs of
their families regain strength and self-confidence encourage their
children's development affirm the strength of their families cope
with depression develop networks of support This intensely personal
collection of women's stories and reflections is a must read for
everyone who seeks a better understanding of divorce,
single-parenting, and being alone, from an insider's perspective.
Explore the real-life triumphs and tragedies of single-parent
mothers Unbroken Homes is a "story quilt" of personal narratives
constructed from in-depth, case study interviews of five
single-parent mothers. The book chronicles their journeys as
mothers, daughters, and women, in relationships and in solitude,
displaying their stories in their own words like the squares of a
multicolored quilt. Unbroken Homes breaks through the stigma
associated with "broken homes" and provides a new perspective on
the reorganization of American families.Unbroken Homes encourages
you to rethink some damaging stereotypical assumptions about
children from single-mother headed homes. Drawing information from
family research, counseling, and a cross-section of social
sciences, this book is pertinent to any professional who works with
single parents or their children. Unbroken Homes does not deal with
what is "typical" in the single-parenting experience, nor does it
give advice or proselytize. Rather, its purpose is to discover the
meaning that single-parent mothers bring to their own lives,
helping you to understand the dynamics of single-parent families
from a uniquely personal perspective.In Unbroken Homes you will
witness the ways that these women: experience the ill effects of
gender role socialization work to overcome stigma redefine ideals
for family life and gender expectations balance responsibilities in
and outside of their homes stretch finances to meet the needs of
their families regain strength and self-confidence encourage their
children's development affirm the strength of their families cope
with depression develop networks of supportThis intensely personal
collection of women's stories and reflections is a must read for
everyone who seeks a better understanding of divorce,
single-parenting, and being alone, from an insider's perspective.
Maori Tales of Long Ago is a fresh facsimile edition of a classic
collection of sixteen stories adapted from Maori mythology for a
young readership. The tales were originally published by A.W. &
A.H. Reed during the late 1940s in two hardback volumes, Maori
Tales of Long Ago and Wonder Tales of Maoriland. Best-sellers of
their time, they gave a generation of New Zealand children a
lyrical introduction to the world of Maori mythology. In each
story, a myth is narrated and brought to life by genial old Popo,
the village storyteller and friend of the chief's son and daughter,
Rata and Hine. Now in a new paperback edition, this book faithfully
keeps the charming original line drawings by A.S. Paterson,
including eight illustrated colour plates. It contains a foreword
from David Simmons, a distinguished ethnologist, former assistant
director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and author of several
books on Maoritanga.
There has been increasing interest in recent years in the concept
and production of natural foods. Advertising claims that food is
natural, without additives or artificial ingredients, have taken on
great importance in marketing. Consumption of food that can be
considered natural is currently central to the sophisticated
lifestyle. However, there is only a limited published literature on
what constitutes natural food flavours. Much of the flavour and
fragrance industry has worked on development of synthetic or
'nature-identical' flavours which represent a chemist's simu lation
of the natural character. As marketing claims become more strident
it is necessary to gain a better understanding of natural food
flavours in order to safeguard food quality and for prevention of
fraud. There have been great advances recently in analytical
chemistry, and partly as a result of this progress there seems to
be a never-ending increase in the number of volatile compounds
identified in foods. Unfortunately, this has not always been
matched by an equal increase in the understanding of how these
volatile compounds arise, or how they contribute to the sensation
which we call flavour. Throughout the development of Western
society, quality of food, particularly flavour, has been highly
regarded. The amateur or professional cook with the skills to
optimize and maintain standards in flavour has been held in the
highest respect."
Whether your opinion of The Requisited Soul was openly energizing
to your listener or mountainly spirited, I hope you enjoyed the
turns and twists that the main character experienced. Having put
into service the air of Deoxyribonucleic Acid reproduction to the
King of the Jews, many perils arise in the daily life of Jesus
(Bob) and his friends as they try to find sanctuary across the seas
in America. When revelations of Bob's past and his special powers
are related to him, the book takes on a whole host of new
adventures that takes the reader to a climatic ending. But as you
will read, the end is only a truthful turn to what is only a new
beginning. As to whether the significant magnitude of his Lord's
powers can sway the evil within the turbulent diasis of Rome is a
factor to liberation of the fledgling group is a matter of
unceasing plight through out the book. I recommend a nice
comfortable chair and a warm dark spot for the final answer to a
spell bounding conclusion. For almost a decade now scientists and
new age visionaries have been battling with the question of
cloning. This book tackles just that.
Diaries of a Forgotten Parent: Divorced Dads on Fathering Through
and Beyond Divorce opens an intimate window on the lives of
divorced men. Literature on divorce focuses primarily on its
effects on women and children, but fair and personal accounts of
the lived experiences of custodial and non-custodial fathers are
less available. In this highly accessible text, ten American men
share intensely personal reflections of guilt, pain, frustration,
sacrifice, loneliness and pride. The men do not see themselves as
exemplary; rather, their stories are graphically honest, revealing
what Paterson calls ordinary men "with all their warts." The author
reviews significant works on the male experience of divorce from
psychological, legal, educational and sociological experts,
interspersing commentary and research with the men's own voices.
From the initial discussion of why men marry and why they divorce
through the men's painful memories of being pushed out of their
children's lives by angry and resentful mothers, the author
illuminates the legal, fiscal, emotional and practical experiences
of men struggling to reinvent their fathering while they find
themselves reconfigured into deserters, deadbeats and visitors. The
societal myth that fathers are less valuable parents than mothers
is thoroughly deconstructed in this text. The book will help
divorced and divorcing men and those who work with them to fully
understand the experiences of fathers who never stopped loving and
caring for their children, in spite of the fact that the
contributions of fathers are still largely discounted by schools,
courts, and worst of all, by their children's mothers. From this
book, readers will understand that there are just too many reasons
why fathers must never be forgotten in the lives of their children.
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