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This 1888 novel is about a couple who love each other, but his
political ambitions demand money and she is poor. "Reuben Sachs"
would be a fairly standard late-Victorian novel about the cruelty
of the marriage market if it were not imbued with feminist polemic.
Amy Levy (1861-89) was sharply critical of the empty lives led by
women with nothing to do all day except gossip, play cards and go
shopping. The setting is the Anglo-Jewish community in Bayswater,
portrayed with a sardonic gaze that shocked contemporary readers.
Yet the author's theme was broader, for she was in part reacting
against Daniel Deronda: she believed that George Eliot had
romanticised her Jewish characters and that no novelist had yet
described the modern Jew with 'his surprising virtues and no less
surprising vices.'Oscar Wilde observed: 'Its directness, its
uncompromising truths, its depth of feeling, and above all, its
absence of any single superfluous word, make "Reuben Sachs", in
some sort, a classic'. Julia Neuberger writes in her Preface, 'This
is a novel about women, and Jewish women, about families, and
Jewish families, about snobbishness, and Jewish snobbishness';
while in the "Independent on Sunday", Lisa Allardice said: 'Sadder
but no less sparkling than Miss Pettigrew, "Reuben Sachs" is
another forgotten classic by an accomplished female novelist. Amy
Levy might be described as a Jewish Jane Austen.'
'This book is a tribute to expert nursing. It should be seen as a
celebration of all that is good in nursing. It also sets out the
path for nursing that is centred on relationships - the essence of
person-centred nursing is based on the quality of relationships
both between nurse the client and others and also between nurses
their colleagues and peers. Increasingly it is a challenge for
nurses to hold on to humanistic care when we practice in a world of
healthcare which is performance and fiscally driven. The concept of
partnership and reciprocity runs through the book like a golden
thread gleaming in a rich tapestry of person-centred practice
expressed via the perspectives of the contributors. Expert
practitioners working with people who have dementia have led the
way in the development of person centred practice.' Pauline Ford
Advisor in Gerontological Nursing Royal College of Nursing 'This
book is a compendium of contemporary dementia care practice. It
provides knowledge that is the foundation for a clear path to
successful care outcomes. It clearly leaves no room for the
ignorance that produced the uncertainty and inconsistency of past
practices. If dementia can be likened to a journey of highs and
lows this book shows us how to eliminate the negatives and
accentuate the positives.' Bob Price Director Alzheimer Education
Australia
This book explores the Care Trust concept promoted by central
government for improving partnership working between health and
social care. Using case studies and examples to raise current
issues related to partnership working it explains how Care Trusts
are bridging the gap between health and social care and considers
how they are delivering more co-ordinated services and improved
outcomes. All healthcare and social care professionals with
responsibility for involved in or affected by the new partnership
working arrangements will find this book useful reading.
Why we need to be better at ageing... Julia Neuberger asks why we
allow our older relatives to be treated so appallingly and in her
10-point manifesto demands that we change our attitudes and
behaviour towards ageing. Parachuting into fields, running internet
businesses, singing in rock groups at the age of 101 - some older
people have never been so active. So why are others being so badly
treated? In Not Dead Yet, Julia Neuberger asks the questions our
society has shied away from - and demands answers. Why are older
people increasingly marginalised, mistreated and patronised? Why
are they allowed to die in hospital without food, water or pain
relief? Why are we so bombarded with images of the young that older
people are being driven from our TV screens? Why do the most
experienced people find it so hard to get jobs? Isn't there more to
life than bingo, bowls and daytime television? In her furious
10-point manifesto for grey power, Julia confronts a shameful
injustice and in doing so sets us on the road to change that
benefits us all.
This important book attempts to analyze the reasons for the
predominance in classical music of composers of Jewish descent
while highlighting their role within the production of works of
significant importance, particularly over the last two hundred
years
Antisemitism has been on the rise in recent years, with violent
attacks, increased verbal insults, and an acceptability in some
circles of what would hitherto have been condemned as outrageous
antisemitic discourse. Yet despite the dramatic increase in debate
and discussion around antisemitism, many of us remain confused. In
this urgent and timely book, Rabbi Julia Neuberger uses
contemporary examples, along with historical context, to unpack
what constitutes antisemitism, building a powerful argument for why
it is so crucial that we come to a shared understanding now.
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