Families And How To Survive Them

Author : A. C. Robin Skynner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195204667
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Families and how to Survive Them written by A. C. Robin Skynner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1984 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It achieves what it set out to do- explaining in ordinary language to ordinary people just how relationships work.' -Sun

Author : A. C. Robin Skynner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393314724
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life and How to Survive It written by A. C. Robin Skynner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes people tick? What about families, organizations such as schools and businesses, or societies? By understanding them, can we make them tick better? Where does religion fit in? In this entertaining book, England's odd couple--psychiatrist-scholar Robin Skynner and comic John Cleese--answer these provocative questions and others, as they embark on a fascinating, mind-stretching search for what really matters in life. Cartoons throughout. Media publicity.

Author : Karen Casey
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1609258312
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Good Stuff from Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family written by Karen Casey and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a silver lining to growing up in a dysfunctional family? Twenty-four survivors recount their stories—and the strengths forged in the chaos. Living in a dysfunctional family isn’t easy. But while you can’t choose where you come from, you can choose the lessons you take away. Bestselling recovery author Karen Casey looks at stories of people who grew up in dysfunctional families and “the good stuff” that can, ironically, come from the experience. She interviews survivors who emerged from the fires of turbulent households affected by abuse, addiction, or other problems, and reveals how they came to process their often-harrowing personal trials and, against the odds, triumph over their difficulties—using skills they honed in response to their childhoods. In The Good Stuff from Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family, Casey reveals the stories and the skills they developed to live more creative and fulfilling lives, and not just survive but thrive. “Using her interviews as groundwork, she explores the benefits that result from surviving in a dysfunctional family, including resiliency, perseverance, a sense of humor, forgiveness, kindness, and the ability to discern real love.” —Publishers Weekly “You just can’t go wrong with Karen Casey.” —Earnie Larson, author of Stage II Recovery

Author : Mykel Hawke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510737952
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Survival Guide written by Mykel Hawke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you prepared in case disaster strikes? Are your kids? In the Family Survival Guide, veteran adventurers Mykel and Ruth Hawke provide the vital information you and your family need to get through almost any disaster safely. The topics covered are wide-ranging and easy-to-follow. Here, you and your family will learn: How to find, purify, and store water How to construct different types of shelter and the perfect places to build them What to pack and what not to pack in a bugout bag Essential first aid skills How to navigate your way when lost How to build a fire Basic foraging, hunting and outdoor cooking skills And so much more! Filled with expert advice and time-tested tips, Family Survival Guide is an essential handbook

Author : Roy Masters
Publisher : FHU Bookstore
ISBN 13 : 0933900104
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Survive Your Parents written by Roy Masters and published by FHU Bookstore. This book was released on 1982 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rick Detorie
Publisher : Perigee Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780399513596
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Survive an Italian Family written by Rick Detorie and published by Perigee Trade. This book was released on 1987 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of Catholics turns his witty attention to this hilarious satire of modern Italian family life. Black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Elizabeth Hay
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771039743
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Things Consoled written by Elizabeth Hay and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's beloved novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter. Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonficiton. Jean and Gordon Hay were a colourful, formidable pair. Jean, a late-blooming artist with a marvellous sense of humour, was superlatively frugal; nothing got wasted, not even maggoty soup. Gordon was a proud and ambitious schoolteacher with a terrifying temper, a deep streak of melancholy, and a devotion to flowers, cars, words, and his wife. As old age collides with the tragedy of living too long, these once ferociously independent parents become increasingly dependent on Lizzie, the so-called difficult child. By looking after them in their final decline, she hopes to prove that she can be a good daughter after all. In this courageous memoir, written with tough-minded candour, tenderness, and wit, Elizabeth Hay lays bare the exquisite agony of a family's dynamics--entrenched favouritism, sibling rivalries, grievances that last for decades, genuine admiration, and enduring love. In the end, she reaches a more complete understanding of the most unforgettable characters she will ever know, the vivid giants in her life who were her parents.

Author : Andrea Elliott
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812986962
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Child written by Andrea Elliott and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “vivid and devastating” (The New York Times) portrait of an indomitable girl—from acclaimed journalist Andrea Elliott “From its first indelible pages to its rich and startling conclusion, Invisible Child had me, by turns, stricken, inspired, outraged, illuminated, in tears, and hungering for reimmersion in its Dickensian depths.”—Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, Library Journal In Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. Out on the street, Dasani becomes a fierce fighter “to protect those who I love.” When she finally escapes city life to enroll in a boarding school, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself? A work of luminous and riveting prose, Elliott’s Invisible Child reads like a page-turning novel. It is an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality—told through the crucible of one remarkable girl. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize • Finalist for the Bernstein Award and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award

Author : Oliver James
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408821338
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They F*** You Up written by Oliver James and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do your relationships tend to follow the same destructive pattern? Do you feel trapped by your family's expectations of you? Does your life seem overwhelmingly governed by jealousy or competitiveness or lack of confidence? In this ground-breaking book, clinical psychologist Oliver James shows that it is the way we were cared for in the first six years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are and how we behave. Nurture, in effect, shapes our very nature. James combines the latest scientific research with fascinating interviews to show that understanding your past is the first step to controlling your present.

Author : Ann Edenfield
Publisher : Americana Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781589430600
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Arrested written by Ann Edenfield and published by Americana Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Ann Edenfield's experience when her husband was arrested and given a 15-year prison sentence, she describes all the confusing steps that families face approaching arrest, bond, trial, sentencing and incarceration, and discusses how to survive the prison system.