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Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies presents an informed
and critical commentary on a range of key issues related to
children and childhood, from birth to eighteen years. Challenging
current orthodoxies within the adult world on the nature of
childhood, it is an essential text for students of childhood and
youth studies as well as those studying relevant professional
qualifications in social work, teaching and health.
Exploring ideas from the historical development of childhood to
the demonising of youth, it is divided into five clearly defined
sections, each with their own editorial introduction which
highlights the key themes. The sections focus on:
- the concept and creation of childhood
- child development
- ideas of risk, protection and childhood
- the politics of childhood
- international perspectives on childhood.
This invaluable textbook provides an overview of childhood and
youth studies and encourages students to think about the issues
discussed and to develop their own ideas. Each chapter contains
student activities, key concept boxes, recommended further reading
and a reflection exercise.
Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies presents an informed
and critical commentary on a range of key issues related to
children and childhood, from birth to eighteen years. Challenging
current orthodoxies within the adult world on the nature of
childhood, it is an essential text for students of childhood and
youth studies as well as those studying relevant professional
qualifications in social work, teaching and health.
Exploring ideas from the historical development of childhood to
the demonising of youth, it is divided into five clearly defined
sections, each with their own editorial introduction which
highlights the key themes. The sections focus on:
- the concept and creation of childhood
- child development
- ideas of risk, protection and childhood
- the politics of childhood
- international perspectives on childhood.
This invaluable textbook provides an overview of childhood and
youth studies and encourages students to think about the issues
discussed and to develop their own ideas. Each chapter contains
student activities, key concept boxes, recommended further reading
and a reflection exercise.
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A Wreath Of Roses (Paperback)
Elizabeth Taylor; Introduction by Helen Dunmore
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Spending the holiday with friends, as she has for many years,
Camilla finds that their private absorptions - Frances with her
painting and Liz with her baby - seem to exclude her from the
gossipy intimacies of previous summers. Anxious that she will
remain encased in her solitary life as a school secretary, Camilla
steps into an unlikesly liaison with Richard Elton, a handsome,
assured - and dangerous - liar.
Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important
British author: one of great subtlety, great compassion and great
depth - Sarah Waters Elizabeth Taylor, highly acclaimed author of
classic novels such as Angel, A Game of Hide and Seek and Mrs
Palfrey at the Claremont, is also renowned for her powerful,
acutely observed stories. Here for the first time, the stories -
including some only recently rediscovered - are collected in one
volume. From the awkward passions of lonely holiday-makers to the
anticipation of three school friends preparing for their first
dance, from the minor jealousies and triumphs of marriage to tales
of outsiders struggling to adapt to the genteel English
countryside, with a delicate, witty touch Elizabeth Taylor
illuminates the nuances of ordinary lives. Books included in the
VMC 40th anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White;
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley; Fire from Heaven by Mary
Renault; The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; The Weather in the
Streets by Rosamond Lehmann; Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith; The
Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West; Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston; Heartburn by Nora Ephron; The Dud Avocado by
Elaine Dundy; Memento Mori by Muriel Spark; A View of the Harbour
by Elizabeth Taylor; and Faces in the Water by Janet Frame
Named by the Guardian as one of 'the 100 best novels,' and
shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont is a
humorous and compassionate look at friendship between an old woman
and a young man from a 'magnificent...writer, the missing link
between Jane Austen and John Updike' (David Baddiel, Independent)
On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey
arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining
days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and
endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of
gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin
enemies: boredom and the Grim Reaper. Then one day Mrs Palfrey
strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young
writer, Ludo, who sees her as inspiration for his novel. 'Elizabeth
Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old
age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life
facing the changes taking shape in the 60s . . . Much of the
reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in Taylor's depiction
of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the
apparently effortless way the plot unfolds' -Robert McCrum 'the 100
best novels', Guardian
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Blaming (Paperback, New ed)
Elizabeth Taylor; Introduction by Jonathan Keates, Jonathon Keates
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'How deeply I envy any reader coming to her for the first time!'
Elizabeth Jane Howard * A finely nuanced exploration of
responsibility, snobbery and culture clash from one of the
twentieth century's finest novelists. When Amy is suddenly left
widowed and alone while on holiday in Istanbul, Martha, an American
traveller, comforts her and accompanies her back to England. Upon
their return, however, Amy is ungratefully reluctant to maintain
their relationship, recognising that, under any other
circumstances, the two women would not be friends. But guilt is a
hard taskmaster, and Martha has away of getting under one's skin
... * 'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had
been some turning-point in one's own experience' Elizabeth Bowen
'No writer has described the English middle classes with more
gently devastating accuracy' Rebecca Abrams, Spectator 'A Game of
Hide and Seek showcases much of what makes Taylor a great novelist:
piercing insight, a keen wit and a genuine sense of feeling for her
characters' Elizabeth Day, Guardian
An NYRB Classics Original
Nearly forty years after her death, Elizabeth Taylor is only
beginning to gain the recognition due to her as one of the finest
English writers of the postwar period, notwithstanding the praise
she has received from writers as different as Sarah Waters and
Hilary Mantel. Inheriting Ivy Compton-Burnett's uncanny sensitivity
to the terrifying undercurrents that swirl beneath the apparent
calm of respectable family life while showing a deep sympathy of
her own for human loneliness, Taylor depicted dislocation with the
unflinching presence of mind of Graham Greene. For Taylor, however,
unlike Greene, dislocation began not in distant climes but right at
home. It is in the living room, playroom, and bedroom that Taylor
stages her unforgettable dramas of alienation and impossible
desire.
In 2012, NYRB Classics reissued two of Taylor's finest novels, and
"The""New York Times Book Review" hailed the reemergence of this
wonderful neglected author. Now, for the first time in more than a
quarter century, Taylor's stories, in many ways the heart of her
achievement, will be available to readers in the United States,
presented in a revelatory new selection by Margaret Drabble. In
Taylor's extensive body of short fiction, the bulk of which was
originally taken by the legendary editor and writer William Maxwell
for "The""New Yorker," her range of feeling and the power of her
writing are evident as nowhere else.
INTRODUCED BY PHILIP HENSHER 'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being
recognised as an important British author: an author of great
subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have
found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short
stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too - in
awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it'
SARAH WATERS A brilliant novel about the damage caused by
relentless 'niceness'. Uncritical, encouraging, 'the soul of
kindness', Flora's help is the cruelest hindrance to those who love
her most. 'Here I am!' Flora called to Richard as she went
downstairs. For a second, Meg felt disloyalty. It occurred to her
of a sudden that Flora was always saying that, and that it was in
the tone of one giving a lovely present. Elegant, blonde and
beautiful, Flora has everything under control: her perfect home,
her husband Richard, her friend Meg, adoring Kit, and the writer
Patrick. Flora entrances everyone, dangling visions of happiness
and success before their spellbound eyes. All are bewitched by this
golden tyrant. Except, that is, for the clear-eyed painter, Liz,
who can see that Flora's kindness is the sweetest poison of them
all.
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The Sleeping Beauty (Paperback)
Elizabeth Taylor; Introduction by David Baddiel
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INTRODUCED BY DAVID BADDIEL 'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being
recognised as an important British author: an author of great
subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have
found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short
stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too - in
awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it'
SARAH WATERS Vinny Tumulty is a quiet, sensible man. When he goes
to stay at a seaside town, his task is to comfort Isabella, a
bereaved friend, and and he is prepared for a solemn few days of
tears and consolation. But on the evening of his arrival, he looks
out of the window at the sunset and catches sight of a beautiful
woman walking by the seashore. Before the week is over Vinny has
fallen in love, completely and utterly, for the first time in his
middle-aged life. Emily, though, is a sleeping beauty, her secluded
life hiding bitter secrets from the past.
INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL Elizabeth Taylor is finally being
recognised as an important British author: an author of great
subtlety, great compassion and great depth - Sarah Waters Writing
stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel
retreats to a world of romance, escaping the drabness of provincial
life. She knows she is different, that she is destined to become a
feted authoress, owner of great riches and of Paradise House . . .
After reading The Lady Irania, publishers Brace and Gilchrist are
certain the novel will be a success, in spite of - perhaps because
of - its overblown style. But they are curious as to who could have
written such a book - an elderly lady, romanticising behind lace
curtains? A mustachioed rogue? They were not expecting it to be the
pale, serious teenage girl, sitting before them without a hint of
irony in her soul. * 'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as
though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience'
Elizabeth Bowen 'No writer has described the English middle classes
with more gently devastating accuracy' Rebecca Abrams, Spectator
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The Wedding Group (Paperback)
Elizabeth Taylor; Introduction by Charlotte Mendelson
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INTRODUCED BY CHARLOTTE MENDELSON 'It is time that justice was done
to Elizabeth Taylor... All her writings could be described as
coming into the category of comedy. Comedy is the best vehicle for
truths that are too fierce to be borne' ANITA BROOKNER '"You
know,'"Midge began, and paused. She was rather taken aback, and
could not at once think of anything to say. "Perhaps there's
nothing so dangerous as having led a sheltered life."' Cressy has
grown up in a world of women, presided over by her eccentric,
artist grandfather Harry Bretton. Rebelling against the wholesome,
organic values of her home life, Cressy decides to leave home in
search of more ephemeral pleasures. Taking a job in an antiques
shop, she meets David, a self-satisfied journalist, also looking
for means of fleeing the family nest. But as Cressy cannot fend for
herself and David is securely tied to his mother's apron strings,
this act of escape for both of them proves a powerful form of
bondage. 'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an
important British author: an author of great subtlety, great
compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure
in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over.
As a writer I've returned to her too - in awe of her achievements,
and trying to work out how she does it ' SARAH WATERS
'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece' - Robert
McCrum, Guardian, 'The Best 100 Novels' 'An author of great
subtlety, great compassion and great depth' - SARAH WATERS 'Jane
Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabath Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE
TYLER On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs
Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her
remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric
and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets
of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their
twin enemies: boredom and the Grim Reaper. Then one day Mrs Palfrey
strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young
writer, Ludo, who sees her as inspiration for his novel. 'Elizabeth
Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old
age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life
facing the changes taking shape in the 60s . . . Much of the
reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in Taylor's depiction
of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the
apparently effortless way the plot unfolds' -Robert McCrum 'the 100
best novels', Guardian
In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in
which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the
thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. 'You
taste of rain', he said, kissing her. 'People say I married her for
her money', he thought contentedly, and for the moment was full of
the self-respect that loving her had given him. Kate Heron is a
wealthy, charming widow who marries, much to the disapproval of
friends and neighbours, a man ten years her junior: the attractive,
feckless Dermot. Then comes the return of Kate's old friend Charles
- intelligent, kind and now widowed, with his beautiful young
daughter. Kate watches happily as their two families are drawn
together, finding his presence reassuringly familiar, but slowly
she becomes aware of subtle undercurrents that begin to disturb the
calm surface of their friendship. Before long, even she cannot
ignore the gathering storm . . .
Harriet and Vesey meet when they are teenagers, and their love is
as intense and instantaneous as it is innocent. But they are young.
All life still lies ahead. Vesey heads off hopefully to pursue a
career as an actor. Harriet marries and has a child, becoming a
settled member of suburban society. And then Vesey returns, the
worse for wear, and with him the love whose memory they have both
sentimentally cherished, and even after so much has happened it
cannot be denied. But things are not at all as they used to be.
Love, it seems, is hardly designed to survive life.
One of the finest twentieth-century English novelists, Elizabeth
Taylor, like her contemporaries Graham Greene, Richard Yates, and
Michelangelo Antonioni, was a connoisseur of the modern world's
forsaken zones. Her characters are real, people caught out by their
own desires and decisions, and they demand our attention. The
be-stilled suburban backwaters she sets out to explore shimmer in
her books with the punishing clarity of a desert mirage.
A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other
creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care,
kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma.
Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering
effective therapeutic interventions, this innovative book describes
models for working with children in foster care, kinship care or
adoption. Covering how to assess needs and contextual
considerations for working with children and families, this book
presents a range of creative therapeutic approaches spanning art
psychotherapy, music therapy and dance therapy. It emphasizes the
necessity of working with caregivers and other significant adults,
as well as the child, to facilitate recovery. The theoretical
foundations of attachment, developmental psychology and
neurobiology are embedded in each chapter showing how they underpin
each of the recommended creative therapies. This book will be
suitable for professionals directly employing creative approaches
in their practice, such as arts therapists and play therapists, as
well as those working with children who are interested in creative
alternate approaches, such as psychologists, counsellors,
therapists and social workers.
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Mossy Trotter (Paperback)
Elizabeth Taylor; Illustrated by Tony Ross
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'It's always a treat to read Elizabeth Taylor. Mossy Trotter is a
real gem. A delightfully mischievous boy living in those long-ago
halcyon days when children played out all day, roaming commons,
scavenging on rubbish tips and stamping in newly-laid tar'
JACQUELINE WILSON 'We - that is, Herbert and I - want you, Mossy,
to be our page-boy,' Miss Silkin said, staring hard at Mossy again,
as if she were trying to imagine him dressed up, and with his hair
combed. Mossy went very red, and nearly choked on a piece of cake,
and Selwyn laughed, and went on laughing, as if he had just heard
the funniest joke of all his life. They both knew what being a
page-boy meant. One of the boys at school - one of the very
youngest ones - had had to be one, wearing velvet trousers and a
frilled blouse.' When Mossy moves to the country, life is full of
delights - trees to climb, woods to explore and, best of all, the
marvellous dump to rummage through. But every now and then his
happiness is disturbed - chiefly by his mother's meddling friend,
Miss Silkin. And a dreaded event casts a shadow over even the
sunniest of days - being a page-boy at her wedding. In her only
children's book, Elizabeth Taylor perfectly captures the
temptations, confusion and terrors of a mischievous boy, and just
how illogical, frustrating and inconsistent adults are!
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