The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families
by Mary Pipher
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"Simple solutions for survival in this family-unfriendly culture...Eye-opening...heart-wrenching and uplifting."--San Francisco Chronicle Even more resonant today than at its original publication in 1996, The Shelter of Each Other traces the effects of our society's "anti-family" way of life, where parents are overtaxed, children are undersupervised, and technology is rapidly dictating how we interact. As she did in her number-one bestseller Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher illuminates how show more our families are suffering at the hands of shifting cultural norms, and she snaps our gaze into crisp focus. Drawing on the fascinating stories of families rich and poor, angry and despairing, religious and skeptical, and probing deep into her own family memories and experiences, Pipher clears a path to the strength and energy at the core of family life. Compassionate and heart-wrenching, The Shelter of Each Other is an impassioned call for us to gather our families in our arms and hold on to them for dear life. show lessTags
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Mary Pipher is a therapist and clinical psychologist specializing in women, trauma, and the effects of culture on mental health. She has been called the "cultural therapist" for her generation. In addition to Reviving Ophelia, she is the author of several bestselling books, including Women Rowing North, Another Country, and The Shelter of Each show more Other. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sara Pipher Gilliam is a writer, editor, and global advocate for refugee families, as well as a former Fulbright Scholar and middle school English teacher. She is editor in chief of Exchange, an international magazine for early childhood professionals and educators. She lives with her family in Hamilton, Ontario. show less
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- The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families
- Epigraph
- It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
-- IRISH PROVERB - Dedication
- To Bernard and Phyllis Pipher,
who have taught me about building strong families.
They have given me their loyalty and steadfastness.
Their love has held my life in place. - First words
- [Introduction] When my son was ten and my daughter four, we camped at Blue Stem Lake.
The first section of the book examines the loss of old-fashioned communities, the rise of an electronic community and a consumer mentality, and the influence of popular psychology. - Quotations
- We need our families but we don't always behave well in them.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Introduction] The faces of those we love re the first, the primal, mandalas for us all.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Quilted together, these stories will shelter us all.
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- Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 306.85 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Marriage, partnerships, unions; family Family
- LCC
- HQ536 .P57 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home
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- Dutch, English, German, Swedish
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