Home Truths
The Facts and Fictions of Family Life
Published on 28. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-80279-504-2 (ISBN)
Description
Previously published as No Family is Perfect.
'Provides a fresh context for exploring issues that engage us throughout our lives ... It will change how we think and write about families' Terri Apter, author of Difficult Mothers and The Sister Knot
What makes a good parent?
How can sibling relationships survive to adulthood?
Should familial love really be unconditional?
Dr Lucy Blake looks at how the expectations we have affect and hinder our interactions with family members. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of family members - of all backgrounds - she explores the unrealistic ideas many of us have. Exposing the truth of what a family really is, Blake explores how to better understand and appreciate our loved ones, whether we choose to do so from up close or from a distance.
Home Truths is a fascinating examination of the messy and beautiful reality of family life.
'Blake examines the many aspects of family life and addresses the many ways that family relationships can be strained ... This book will be helpful to anyone interested in learning more about their own families' Dr Joshua Coleman, Council on Contemporary Families
'Provides a fresh context for exploring issues that engage us throughout our lives ... It will change how we think and write about families' Terri Apter, author of Difficult Mothers and The Sister Knot
What makes a good parent?
How can sibling relationships survive to adulthood?
Should familial love really be unconditional?
Dr Lucy Blake looks at how the expectations we have affect and hinder our interactions with family members. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of family members - of all backgrounds - she explores the unrealistic ideas many of us have. Exposing the truth of what a family really is, Blake explores how to better understand and appreciate our loved ones, whether we choose to do so from up close or from a distance.
Home Truths is a fascinating examination of the messy and beautiful reality of family life.
'Blake examines the many aspects of family life and addresses the many ways that family relationships can be strained ... This book will be helpful to anyone interested in learning more about their own families' Dr Joshua Coleman, Council on Contemporary Families
Reviews / Votes
'Blake examines many aspects of family life and addresses many ways that family relationships can be close or strained ... This book will be helpful to anyone interested in learning more about their own families. I highly recommend it' -- Dr Joshua Coleman, Council on Contemporary Families 'A wonderfully optimistic and original book ... I enjoyed reading it and learned a lot ... No doubt it will be extremely reassuring for readers and everyone will find some nuggets that are helpful to them' -- Professor Susan Golombok, Director of the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge 'Provides a fresh context for exploring issues that engage us throughout our lives ... It will change how we think and write about families' -- Terri Apter, author of Difficult Mothers and The Sister KnotMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
244 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80279-504-2 (9781802795042)
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Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2023
Welbeck
€3.99
Available for download
Person
Lucy Blake did her post-doctoral work at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge and is now a professor at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). She was the author of the 'Hidden Voices' report on family estrangement for the charity Stand Alone, which reached an audience of millions, and her work has been reported on in the Daily Mail, the New York Times, the Telegraph, BBC News, Psychologies Magazine and Psychology Today. This is her first book.