What Do You Want from Me?
Learning to Get Along with In-Laws
Will be published approx. on 10. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-393-33853-9 (ISBN)
Description
When we marry, we believe the bond is between only two individuals. Few of us realize the power that in-laws exert over our lives. What Do You Want from Me? takes a fresh look at how the in-laws we acquire when we marry affect our quality of life-our marriage, family, personal comfort, and long-term well-being-for better or worse. Here is an essential book for husbands and wives, parents and children, seeking to strengthen the bonds of family.
Reviews / Votes
"A keenly perceptive interpretation of the kinship structures, 'fracture lines,' and recurrent emotions-resentment, ambivalence, acceptance-that are part and parcel of the in-law experience." -- The Atlantic "With professional grace, Apter exposes the emotional minefields that couples often navigate around in-laws, and the ease with which they become stuck in negative (and familiar) attitudes toward them." -- Publishers WeeklyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
401 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-33853-9 (9780393338539)
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E-Book
08/2010
W. W. Norton & Company
€18.49
Available for download
Person
Terri Apter is a writer, psychologist, and retired Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Her ten books include The Sister Knot, Difficult Mothers, and What Do You Want from Me? She lives in Cambridge, England.