The Family Book

Author: Todd Parr
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316093475
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

Book Description
Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.

The Family

Author: Naomi Krupitsky
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525541993
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
The Instant New York Times bestseller A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself. Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate. Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love. But the disappearance of Antonia’s father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. Their hearts expand in tandem with Red Hook and Brooklyn around them, as they push against the boundaries of society’s expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it’s too late.

A Friend of the Family

Author: Lauren Grodstein
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565129679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
After his best friend's daughter, Laura, sets her sights on his son, Alec, Pete Dizinoff sees his plans for a perfect son not just unraveling but being destroyed completely and sets out to derail the romance.

What is a Family?

Author: Edith Schaeffer
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 9780801083655
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
All the moving, changing shapes of a family are shown in Edith Schaeffer's imaginative reflections on infancy to grandmotherhood. She gives readers great ideas on how to support their family members and make moments memorable.

The Family Tabor

Author: Cherise Wolas
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008201218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371

Book Description
‘Hypnotic’ Chicago Review of Books ‘Rich, complex ... vivid’ New York Times Book Review ‘Compelling’ Jewish Week Everything is fine. Everyone is fine.

The Family

Author: Jack O. Balswick
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 0801032490
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
This proven resource covers every issue that affects family life. The third edition includes updates to all chapters and the inclusion of current research.

H.R. 16311, the Family Assistance Act of 1970

Author: United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description

The Family Fund (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Jonathan Bradshaw
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317587952
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
In The Family Fund, first published in 1980, Bradshaw discusses the introduction of The Family Fund- a grant given to families in response of the discovery of the damages caused by the Thalidomide drug. He examines all aspects of the Fund including its origins, aims, publicity and its future. This text is ideal for students of sociology.

Social Stress and the Family

Author: Hamilton I. McCubbin
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780866561631
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
An informative anthology of recent theory and research developments pertinent to family stress.

Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior

Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309061253
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. Most research on welfare in the past has examined labor market issues, although there have also been some important evaluations of the effects of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program on out-of-wedlock childbearing. Much less information is available on other issues equally central to the debate, including effects on abortion decisions, marriage and divorce, intrafamily relations, household formation, and living arrangements. This volume of papers contains reviews and syntheses of existing evidence bearing on the demographic impacts of welfare and ideas for how to evaluate new state-level reforms.