For eight-year-old Ajay and his older brother Birju, life in Delhi in the late 1970s follows a comfortable, predictable routine: bathing on the roof, queuing for milk, playing cricket in the street. Yet, everything changes when their father finds a job in America - a land of carpets and elevators, swimsuits and hot water on tap. Life is exciting for the two brothers as they adj...(展开全部)

Hailed as a "supreme storyteller" (Philadelphia Inquirer) for his "cunning, dismaying and beautifully conceived" fiction (New York Times), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice "as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky" (The Nation). In his highly anticipated second novel, Family Life, he delivers a story of astonishing intensity and emotional precision. ...(展开全部)

Hailed as a "supreme storyteller" (Philadelphia Inquirer) for his "cunning, dismaying and beautifully conceived" fiction (New York Times), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice "as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky" (The Nation). In his highly anticipated second novel, Family Life, he delivers a story of astonishing intensity and emotional precision. ...(展开全部)

Now featured in a Classics Edition with a new Foreword by Donald Boch, The Expanded Family Life Cycle integrates theory and current research with clinical guidelines and cases by two of the most-respected authors, teachers, and clinicians in the field of family therapy, Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick. This classic Family Therapy text provides "and more comprehensive way to ...(展开全部)

Now featured in a Classics Edition with a new Foreword by Donald Boch, The Expanded Family Life Cycle integrates theory and current research with clinical guidelines and cases by two of the most-respected authors, teachers, and clinicians in the field of family therapyACarter and Monica McGoldrick. This classic Family Therapy text provides "and more comprehensive way to think a...(展开全部)

Now featured in a Classics Edition with a new Foreword by Donald Boch, The Expanded Family Life Cycle integrates theory and current research with clinical guidelines and cases by two of the most-respected authors, teachers, and clinicians in the field of family therapy, Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick. This classic Family Therapy text provides "and more comprehensive way to ...(展开全部)

Now featured in a Classics Edition with a new Foreword by Donald Boch, The Expanded Family Life Cycle integrates theory and current research with clinical guidelines and cases by two of the most-respected authors, teachers, and clinicians in the field of family therapyACarter and Monica McGoldrick. This classic Family Therapy text provides "and more comprehensive way to think a...(展开全部)

贝蒂·卡特，理学硕士，纽约州怀特平原温切斯特家庭研究所前负责人，现已荣誉退休。贝蒂·卡特是家庭治疗领域的临床工作者、督导、教授和重要培训机构负责人，本书是她近30年经验积累的结晶。因为在理论和实践方面的卓越贡献，贝蒂·卡特获得了多项殊荣：Hunter College School社会工作方面的奖励（1984）；美国婚姻与家庭治疗研究和教育基金协会的奖励（1993）；美国家庭治疗学会的奖励（1998）等。 贝蒂·卡特在1977年与同事合作建立了家庭治疗的妇女项目。20多年来，这个团队在美国和欧洲举办了许多期工作坊，关注家庭中的性别问题，以及在家庭治疗中应对这些困境的方法。妇女项目在1986年由于其对家庭治疗的突出贡献而获得美国家庭治疗学会的褒奖，在1998年获得了美国家庭治疗学会的培训方面的嘉奖。 莫妮卡·麦戈德里克，文学硕士，理学硕士，荣誉哲学博士，...(展开全部)

贝蒂·卡特，理学硕士，纽约州怀特平原温切斯特家庭研究所前负责人，现已荣誉退休。贝蒂·卡特是家庭治疗领域的临床工作者、督导、教授和重要培训机构负责人，本书是她近30年经验积累的结晶。因为在理论和实践方面的卓越贡献，贝蒂·卡特获得了多项殊荣：Hunter College School社会工作方面的奖励（1984）；美国婚姻与家庭治疗研究和教育基金协会的奖励（1993）；美国家庭治疗学会的奖励（1998）等。 贝蒂·卡特在1977年与同事合作建立了家庭治疗的妇女项目。20多年来，这个团队在美国和欧洲举办了许多期工作坊，关注家庭中的性别问题，以及在家庭治疗中应对这些困境的方法。妇女项目在1986年由于其对家庭治疗的突出贡献而获得美国家庭治疗学会的褒奖，在1998年获得了美国家庭治疗学会的培训方面的嘉奖。 莫妮卡·麦戈德里克，文学硕士，理学硕士，荣誉哲学博士，...(展开全部)

（美）安妮特·拉鲁（Annette Lareau，1952— ），美国宾夕法尼亚大学社会学系 Stanley I. Sheerr教授，2012年当选美国社会学协会主席。主要研究领域为社会分层、家庭教育、儿童，主要关注非裔美国人和欧裔美国人的日常生活研究。本书为其代表作。