Celebrating Family: An Upbeat, Offbeat Look at Our Lifelong Bonds with Parents and Sibling

by Lisa Braver Moss

More than any previous generation, baby boomers have questioned the value of the family bond. They've sought psychotherapy, attended 12-step meetings, and analyzed their parents' limitations. In this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885171307
• ISBN13: 9781885171306
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Council Oak Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

REALLY OPENED MY EYES!

This book was so honest and warm - it acknowledges the problems families have, but also talks about how and why we continue to have relationships with our parents and siblings - in spite of it all!

Poignant reminder that in family bonds are our own seeds

I liked this book for its quiet yet consistent assertion that "happy" families can be as varied as the individuals who comprise them - that "family" can be a changing dynamic as opposed to set mould into which we must reluctantly "squeeze" ourselves on occasion. I also liked the underlying (i.e., not in-your-face) theme which suggested the many ways in which we are fundamentally alike, despite and/or because of family circumstances. As such, there were certain "characters" I didn't want to let go of; I wanted to know what happened next! Yet it's a satifying read in and unto itself.