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Losik, Frank

 
9781418476410: The Game Of Life: A Collection Of Snapshots From The Family Album Of Two Experienced Players
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ISBN 10 : 1418476412 ISBN 13 : 9781418476410
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

A collection of short stories, poems, and postcards that range from the amusingly playful to the provocatively thoughtful. The underlying theme is triumph through focused effort and mutual support over the life crises that all of us must face The stories are presented in a bite-sized format and are designed to appeal to the palates of mature adults who have had some difficult life experiences of their own. The book is divided into several segments. It begins with Reflections, a short collection of personal reveries and inspirational tracts, that establishes the theme for what follows. A Cats' Tale is a series of stories about the adventures and idiosyncracies of the family pets that begins with the story of Sparky, The Christmas Cat. Next comes Snippets which chronicles the greater and lesser adventures of a couple who found each other after stumbling, unsuccessfully, through their first marriages and who strive through their own trial and error experiments to create a happy life together. Relationship Survival Kit, that follows, is a humorously presented set of "do's" and "don'ts" for couples in committed relationships. Finally, Myths That Maim cautions us about the hidden pitfalls of a mindless, bumper sticker-approach to life.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A collection of short stories,poems, and postcards that range from the amusingly playful to the provocativelythoughtful.¿ The underlying theme istriumph through focused effort and mutual support over the life crises that allof us must face¿ The stories arepresented in a bite-sized format and are designed to appeal to the palates ofmature adults who have had some difficult life experiences of their own.¿ The book is divided into severalsegments.¿ It begins with Reflections, a short collection ofpersonal reveries and inspirational tracts, that establishes the theme for whatfollows.¿ A Cats' Tale is a series of stories about the adventures andidiosyncracies of the family pets that begins with the story of Sparky, TheChristmas Cat.¿ Next comes Snippets which chronicles the greaterand lesser adventures of a couple who found each other after stumbling,unsuccessfully, through their first marriages and who strive through their owntrial and error experiments to create a happy life together.¿ RelationshipSurvival Kit, that follows, is a humorously presented set of "do's" and"don'ts" for couples in committed relationships.¿ Finally, Myths That Maimcautions us about the hidden pitfalls of a mindless, bumper sticker-approach tolife.

Biographie de l'auteur

Frank Losik has been a licensedMarriage & Family Therapist for over sixteen years.¿ He is an experienced problem-solver whospecializes in working with clients who are temporarily overwhelmed by somesort of life crisis.¿ He has worked witha wide variety of clients in many different settings from private practice tostate prisons to at-risk high school students.¿¿¿ He began his study of counseling and psychology while workingthrough his own personal crises of divorce, career change, custodial andnon-custodial parenting, step-parenting, and remarriage.¿¿ He strives to achieve two goals with hisclients: the first is to relieve their current pain and suffering; the secondis to empower them to develop the skills to resolve future problems on theirown.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1418476412
ISBN 13 
9781418476410
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
188
Coordonnées du fabricant
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