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It was hard being one of four boys growing up in the 1940s in a dysfunctional family. Throw in alcoholic parents, a hot tempered pure-bred American Indian mother, a father running secret missions for the military, and three wild brothers and you got a mix of family craziness. This is a beautiful...

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a growing interest in family therapy as a potent tool for helping to bring about change and growth in many families whose lives had become stagnant, joyless or self-destructive. As it became more popular as a method of social work intervention, demands...

A much-needed update to one of the most significant family therapy theories of the past century. Murray Bowen (1931–1990) was the first to study the family in a live-in setting and describe specific details about how families function as systems. Despite Bowen theory being based on research...

Part one of a two part saga. Shahidah's ultra-conservative family despise the idea of her intense love for her drug-dealing boyfriend, Born. She hopes to find an ally in her brother, Muhammad, once he is released from prison. No luck. Her relationship ends, but unfortunately in robbery and murder. Shahidah's...

‘The Starlings is another brilliant offering from this talented Australian author.’ BookMooch It’s March 1985 and Nicky Starling is turning eight, but it’s a sad day. Nicky’s grandmother Didie has just died. Almost worse—his father’s beloved football team has lost the first match...

My desire is that this book will offer its readers a simplistic, practical, therapeutic and spiritual perspective on handling some of the complex challenges that the blended family will face through the integration process, as they are able to view the blended family not only as a component that is just surviving but one that is also thriving as the main family structure in the 21st century.

When parents divorce, a formerly stable household goes through a number of changes. One might be the family finances. A change in financial status can come as a surprise to a teen of divorce. Suddenly, the teen might be asked to find a part-time job or help out at home while a parent works. He or...

This story is the culmination of a dream, a family and a journey. The dream continued over three consecutive nights during and after a flight to Australia. Steve and his wife had changed flights in Hong Kong where they purchased some Melatonin tablets to help avaoid jet lag. Steve then slept from...

This stunning debut novel—drawn from the author's own life experience—tells the moving story of a family of eleven in the American Midwest, bound together and torn apart by their faith The Rovaniemis and their nine children belong to a deeply traditional church (no drinking, no dancing,...

When reflecting on family budgeting and inquiring why not more families are using it. Once you start probing family budgets, expending time and energy researching the subject in-depth, it becomes quite clear, that most families are caught in a vicious, almost never-ending cycle of “what comes in...

Murat, a young Turkish immigrant boy whose parents die in an automobile accident in England after their arrival, is adopted by a British family and grows to become a successful businessman as a proper British subject. But when he marries a typical English lady, he yearns to have a family. His career-minded...

The birth of their son Ajay brought tremendous joy and good fortune to Avanti and Dinesh Kumar. With happiness and joy abounding in their home, the Kumars grew from being a lower middle class family to become rich, powerful, and famous. But the family’s joy is shattered as Ajay grows older and becomes...

A hardworking and loving family in Poland is uprooted and separated by World War II. The mother and her four children are able to reach the United States prior to Hitlers invasion of Poland. The father and youngest son choose to remain in Poland so that the boy can finish his college education and...

**“If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you’re in therapy or think that there’s no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful.”**—New York Times Book Review The classic groundbreaking...