All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood - Couverture souple

Senior, Jennifer

 
9780349005515: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0349005516 ISBN 13 : 9780349005515
Editeur : Virago Press Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle the issue of the effects of children on their parents, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half-century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources - in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology - she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations - and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today - and tomorrow.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jennifer Senior is a contributing editor at New York magazine. She lives in New York with her family.

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Éditeur
Virago Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0349005516
ISBN 13 
9780349005515
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780062072245: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0062072242 ISBN 13 :  9780062072245
Editeur : Ecco, 2015
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