Download or read book Adult Children written by Adult Children of Alcoholics (Association) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the official ACA Fellowship Text that is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (ACA WSO) Conference Approved Literature. Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is an independent 12 Step and 12 Tradition anonymous program.

Download or read book All Happy Families written by Jeanne McCulloch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glass Castle meets The Nest in this stunning debut, an intimate family memoir that gracefully brings us behind the dappled beachfront vista of privilege, to reveal the inner lives of two wonderfully colorful, unforgettable families. On a mid-August weekend, two families assemble for a wedding at a rambling family mansion on the beach in East Hampton, in the last days of the area’s quietly refined country splendor, before traffic jams and high-end boutiques morphed the peaceful enclave into the "Hamptons." The weather is perfect, the tent is in place on the lawn. But as the festivities are readied, the father of the bride, and "pater familias" of the beachfront manse, suffers a massive stroke from alcohol withdrawal, and lies in a coma in the hospital in the next town. So begins Jeanne McCulloch’s vivid memoir of her wedding weekend in 1983 and its after effects on her family, and the family of the groom. In a society defined by appearance and protocol, the wedding goes on at the insistence of McCulloch’s theatrical mother. Instead of a planned honeymoon, wedding presents are stashed in the attic, arrangements are made for a funeral, and a team of lawyers arrive armed with papers for McCulloch and her siblings to sign. As McCulloch reveals, the repercussions from that weekend will ripple throughout her own family, and that of her in-law’s lives as they grapple with questions of loyalty, tradition, marital honor, hope, and loss. Five years later, her own brief marriage ended, she returns to East Hampton with her mother to divide the wedding presents that were never opened. Impressionistic and lyrical, at turns both witty and poignant, All Happy Families is McCulloch’s clear-eyed account of her struggle to hear her own voice amid the noise of social mores and family dysfunction, in a world where all that glitters on the surface is not gold, and each unhappy family is ultimately unhappy in its own unique way.

Download or read book The Unhappy Child written by Kenneth N. Condrell and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are millions of children in this country who spend most of their days feeling more unhappy than happy, and their parents haven''t a clue as to why. These chronically unhappy children may be on their way to developing a depressive disorder.In this important and completely accessible book, Dr. Kenneth N. Condrell teaches both parents and mental health professionals the ten most common, yet sometimes not-so-obvious causes of childhood unhappiness. More important, he offers practical solutions -- solutions that can help troubled children and protect them from a lifetime of unhappiness.Not only parents but school administrators, guidance and teaching personnel, pediatric office staff, and mental health professionals will greatly benefit from Dr. Condrell''s 35 years of experience helping children with emotional problems.Readers will actually hear from the mouths of children what makes them unhappy. By using actual quotes from kids whom Dr. Condrell has treated, this unusually insightful book bridges the separate worlds of the growing child and parents, so mom and dad can discover the secret pain that children are so good at keeping from them.Parents are often at a loss as to how they can help a child who looks and acts unhappy most of the time or makes statements such as: "I wish I was dead.""I''m going to kill myself.""I hate myself.""Nothing ever good happens to me."This book will make parents aware of the kinds of experiences that cause children to become unhappy. With this knowledge parents can be proactive and protect their sons and daughters from entering a state of unhappiness that places them at risk for becoming depressed and possibly developing into depressed adults.

Download or read book Family Happiness written by Laurie Colwin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin.” —San Francisco Chronicle At first glance, Polly Solo-Miller Demarest appears to have it all. The only daughter of a distinguished and close-knit family, she marries a handsome lawyer named Henry (just like her father and brother) and has two adorable and well-behaved children, Pete and Dee-Dee. She lives in a comfortable Park Avenue apartment, works three days a week in a rewarding job at the Board of Education, and spends every August in Maine. People regularly tell her, with admiration and envy, that she has life aced. What no one suspects is that this perfect daughter, wife, and mother, always so eager to see to the happiness of others, would be willing to risk everything for love. From the moment she encounters his beautiful portraits in a group show, Polly cannot get Lincoln Bennett out of her mind. Soon she and the solitary, kindhearted painter are wrapped up in a deep and thrilling romance, and Polly has never felt more euphoric—or more terrified. Previously she divided women into two groups—those who have affairs and those who do not—and placed herself firmly in the latter category. How could she have been so wrong? And what does her passion for Lincoln say about the genuine pleasure she takes in her marriage and her family? A sophisticated, sincere, and ultimately hopeful novel about the search for fulfillment, Family Happiness is a testament to the clarity of Laurie Colwin’s vision and the elegance of her craft. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Laurie Colwin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

Download or read book All Joy and No Fun written by Jennifer Senior and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources—in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology—she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations—and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today—and tomorrow.

Download or read book Not a Happy Family written by Shari Lapena and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door “Lapena is a master of manipulation. With her latest page-turning thriller… she is once again at the top of her game.” —USA Today “In this fast-paced, twisted family saga, Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page...” —Paula Hawkins In this family, everyone is keeping secrets—even the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated. Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of the siblings is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did someone snap after that dreadful evening? Or did another person appear later that night with the worst of intentions? That must be what happened. After all, if one of the family were capable of something as gruesome as this, you'd know. Wouldn't you?

Download or read book Eli s Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family written by George Fenn and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eli s Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family written by George Manville Fenn and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By George Manville Fenn is a poignant tale that delves into the complexities of family dynamics and the challenges of maintaining relationships. Through the trials and tribulations of the central characters, Fenn masterfully explores themes of love, betrayal, and redemption. This novel is a gripping portrayal of the human condition and the lengths individuals will go to protect their loved ones.

Download or read book A Time for Healing written by David E. Morgan PhD and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, in real families, only a very small portion of the population comes from nurturing and supportive homes; most individuals have been products of dysfunctional families instead. In A Time for Healing, author Dr. David E. Morgan provides a study of a dysfunctional family and presents principles necessary for sustaining a healthy family unit. Through the interplay of the fictional, four-generation Gardner family, A Time for Healing illustrates some events that can cause a family to be dysfunctional, reveals the carnage left from the pain, and discusses how to eradicate it. The Gardners story shows how unhealthy family rules of behavior are passed down from parents to children and what a devastating effect this process has on families, relationships, organizational lives, and society. With ideas gleaned from more than forty years as an educator in the Chicago public schools, including both part-time and full time in higher education, Morgan shows how we can envision and create a better way forward and avoid the imperfections of family dysfunction in the future. A Time for Healing offers help for reclaiming the family by creating real, effective positive change. Cleaning up the family is about character, communication, forgiveness, healing, integrity, love, redemption, respect, understanding and the ownership of our acts.

Download or read book Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal written by Jeanette Winterson and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartbreaking and funny: the true story behind Jeanette's bestselling and most beloved novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. In 1985, at twenty-five, Jeanette published Oranges, the story of a girl adopted by Pentecostal parents, supposed to grow up to be a missionary. Instead, she falls in love with a woman. Disaster. Oranges became an international bestseller, inspired an award-winning BBC adaptation, and was semi-autobiographical. Mrs. Winterson, a thwarted giantess, loomed over the novel and the author's life: when Jeanette left home at sixteen because she was in love with a woman, Mrs. Winterson asked her: Why be happy when you could be normal? This is Jeanette's story--acute, fierce, celebratory--of a life's work to find happiness: a search for belonging, love, identity, a home. About a young girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night, and a mother waiting for Armageddon with two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the duster drawer; about growing up in a northern industrial town; about the Universe as a Cosmic Dustbin. She thought she had written over the painful past until it returned to haunt her and sent her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother. It is also about other people's stories, showing how fiction and poetry can form a string of guiding lights, a life raft that supports us when we are sinking.

Download or read book Eli S Children The Chronicles Of An Unhappy Family Part 1 written by George Manville Fenn and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eli's Children Part1" by George Manville Fenn unfolds as a captivating narrative that immerses readers within the adventurous lives of a set of youngsters dealing with the challenges of the nineteenth century. Fenn, a famend English writer recognised for his enticing testimonies aimed at kids and teenagers, weaves a story that combines factors of suspense, exploration, and moral lessons. Set in opposition to the backdrop of a bygone generation, the novel introduces readers to the eponymous Eli's children part1 as they navigate an international full of each natural wonders and societal complexities. Fenn's storytelling prowess shines through vivid descriptions of settings, well-drawn characters, and a plot that unfolds with a combination of exhilaration and treasured life training. The narrative can also comply with the younger protagonists on a journey, whether via bustling metropolis streets or untamed barren region, highlighting the resilience, resourcefulness, and camaraderie that outline their collective adventures. "Eli's Children Part1" is in all likelihood to mirror Fenn's signature style, providing readers a compelling combination of adventure, moral exploration, and a glimpse into the societal norms of the time. For the maximum correct and up to date statistics on "Eli's Children Part1" by George Manville Fenn, it is endorsed to check the today's sources which include online book retailers, library catalogs, or the author's professional website.

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Download or read book Eli S Children The Chronicles Of An Unhappy Family Part 2 written by George Manville Fenn and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eli's Children Part2" by George Manville Fenn unfolds as a captivating narrative that immerses readers within the adventurous lives of a set of youngsters dealing with the challenges of the nineteenth century. Fenn, a famend English writer recognised for his enticing testimonies aimed at kids and teenagers, weaves a story that combines factors of suspense, exploration, and moral lessons. Set in opposition to the backdrop of a bygone generation, the novel introduces readers to the eponymous Eli's children part2 as they navigate an international full of each natural wonders and societal complexities. Fenn's storytelling prowess shines through vivid descriptions of settings, well-drawn characters, and a plot that unfolds with a combination of exhilaration and treasured life training. The narrative can also comply with the younger protagonists on a journey, whether via bustling metropolis streets or untamed barren region, highlighting the resilience, resourcefulness, and camaraderie that outline their collective adventures. "Eli's Children Part2" is in all likelihood to mirror Fenn's signature style, providing readers a compelling combination of adventure, moral exploration, and a glimpse into the societal norms of the time. For the maximum correct and up to date statistics on "Eli's Children Part2" by George Manville Fenn, it is endorsed to check the today's sources which include online book retailers, library catalogs, or the author's professional website.

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Download or read book Transcending Turmoil written by Donna F. LaMar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unhappy Families written by Eli H. Newberger and published by Littleton, Mass. : PSG. This book was released on 1985 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essentials of Family Practice written by Robert E. Rakel and published by Saunders. This book was released on 1993 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handy book is a condensed, modified, and economical version of the larger landmark book, TEXTBOOK OF FAMILY PRACTICE. In this convenient format, the text discusses body systems, diseases, and disorders encountered in family practice. Chapters focus on the nature of family medicine, ethics, family issues related to health care, interviewing techniques, disease prevention, medical records and more. Includes useful case studies throughout the text.