Home truths : the facts and fictions of family life / Lucy Blake.

Nā:

Blake, Lucy [author.]

Momo rauemi: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781802795042

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DDC classification:

306.85 23/eng/20240117

Summary: 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.

Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.

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Nonfiction	Pātea LibraryPlus Nonfiction	Nonfiction	306.85 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea		i2234977

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Originally published as "No family is perfect," 2022.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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