Relationships and families: advice, topics and issues Books
Mosaic Press Love & Let Go: Reflections, Confessions,
Book SynopsisWhat are the right words to use when someone we love leaves home for school, a new job, or for extended travel? How to compress so many memories, feelings, and emotions? When do words of advice, counsel, or wisdom work best? Love & Let Go sets out to achieve this impossible task—and succeeds! The author’s daughter is about to leave home to continue her education. In thirty-five brief chapters, he offers reflections, encouragements, words of love and support, and more. This book is a totally honest, intimate, and wonderfully literary reflection of the author’s own experiences and responses. It can be read privately, read aloud between parent and child, or shared with friends...or just to appreciate lifelong familial bonds.
£16.16
Baraka Books Stolen Motherhood: Surrogacy and Made-to-Order
Book SynopsisContracting surrogate mothers is no longer marginal. Nor is it secret. Surrogacy is growing rapidly even though no informed debate on the social impacts of its normalization has been conducted. It is even regarded as socially progressive, while those who question it are considered to be opposed to progress. The 'surrogacy process' - commissioning a woman to bear and give birth to a child and then surrender it - is vitiated by its contractual nature, be it in its so-called altruistic form (i.e., no exchange of money) or the straight-forward commercial form. It is an attack on the human dignity and equal gender rights of surrogate mothers, but also a denial of the rights of the contracted child to come, who is so often forgotten in the 'process.' Current inconsistent or contradictory legislation has led to a fait accompli approach to the question. It's being done, so let's just regulate it, say its defenders. Other countries that have followed that logic have seen an increase in both demand for surrogates and recourse to shrewd international brokers. In many cases, international simply means the surrogate mother is from a poor country with lax legislation, the commissioning parents, from rich countries. By examining the 'surrogacy process' and all its implications, Maria De Koninck reaches the conclusion that the best way forward is an international ban on surrogacy.
£19.96
Demeter Press Spawning Generations: Rants and Reflections on
Book SynopsisSpawning Generations is a collection of stories by queerspawn (people with LGBTQ+ parents) spanning six decades, three continents, and five countries. Curated by queerspawn, this anthology is about carving out a space for queerspawn to tell their own stories. The contributors in this volume break away from the pressures to be perfect, the demands to be well adjusted, and the need to prove that they turned out “all right.” These are queerspawn stories, airbrushed for no one, and told on their own terms.Trade ReviewThoughtfully curated by co-editors who identify as queerspawn themselves, this astute anthology highlights stories by people with LGBTQ+ parents ready to share their experiences without glossing over the complexities of family, truth, community, and culture. Spawning Generations deftly demonstrates how authentic voices emerge when queerspawn have the opportunity to speak for themselves.- Abigail Garner, Author of Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is // This groundbreaking book provides a lovely and personal entry into the world of queerspawn. As both a queerspawn and queer parent, I felt real gratitude to these brave writers for sharing their stories—they provide insight into my own life as well as parenting guideposts. - Shoshana Magnet, Associate Professor, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa // Queerspawn answer, on their own terms, the litany of questions proposed to them by friends, co-workers, strangers, as well as anyone and everyone who have asked what it’s like to be raised by queer parents. Sometimes these questions are asked in genuine and loving ways, but too often, they are voyeuristic, titillating, and upsetting. They don’t want to be your circus sideshow, your poster child, or your role model. They have claimed the pages of Spawning Generations to share their complicated stories of playgrounds, potlucks, pride marches, secrets, family, dancing, desire, mourning, and an intimate view of the best and worst of queer culture. -Karleen Pendleton Jiménez, Author of How to Get a Girl Pregnant // The highs and lows of growing up in queer families - Now Toronto // Kids of same-sex parents need to tell their own stories - Toronto StarTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Finding Each Other Makeda Zook and Sadie Epstein-Fine I. BEGINNINGS Rainbow Kid: Rants and Reflections Liam Sky Spawn Gabriel Back-Gaal Gathering Voices: An Interview Project with Young Adults Raised in Queer Families Sammy Sass 1986 Kellen Kaiser spawning generations My Life as a Play Micah Champagne Insider/Outsider: Breaking the Boundaries of Heteronormativity Cyndi Gilbert Closets of Fear, Islands of Love: Coming of Age in the 1980s Niki Kaiser, Carey-Anne Morrison, and Lorinda Peterson (Illustrator) The Love of the Princess: The Kids Really Are Alright Felix Munger Sweating the Gay Stuff: The Toaster Oven Tradition Sadie Epstein-Fine II. MIDDLES Eighteen: My First Year as a Grownup Queer(spawn) Devan Wells A Homophobe at Body Electric Christopher Oliphant Glitter in the Dishwasher Morgan Baskin Leslie’s Girl Jessica Edwards Roots and Rainbows Aviva Gale-Buncel Did I Make My Mother Gay? Meredith Fenton Gayby Baby: In Conversation with Filmmaker Maya Newell Maya Newell, Makeda Zook, and Sadie Epstein-Fine Don’t Leave Me This Way Suzanne Phare III. ENDINGS Jannit’s Pink Lesbian Kitchen Hannah Rabinovitch My Moms Are Getting Gay Married, But I Won’t Be There Kimmi Lynne Moore If You’re Gay, What Am I? Elizabeth Collins We Are Made of Generations Jamie Bergeron Watching Roseanne Dori Kavanagh Resistance, Like Leather, Is a Beautiful Thing Lisa Deanne Smith In Between Heart and Break Makeda Zook About the Contributors About the Editors
£999.99
Chronicle Books Sigh, See, Start: How to Be the Parent Your Child
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£23.76
Bonnier Books Ltd What I Love about You: Mom: The Perfect Gift for
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£13.77
Kaddo Baby Memory Box
£999.99
Octopus Publishing Group I Love You Mom
Book SynopsisExpress your love and gratitude to your extraordinary mom with this touching keepsake, filled with heartfelt affirmations and cherished quotes, making it the perfect gift to celebrate her remarkable presence in your life Show your amazing mom just how much she means to you with this beautiful keepsake Brimming with heartfelt affirmations, as well as delightful quotes from great thinkers and modern superstars alike, this little book will make the perfect gift to remind your mom that there is no one quite like her. These pages offer a curated collection of wise words that will brighten her day and let her know just how much you care, including: - Your hug feels like home, so home is wherever you are - I can share anything with you and you always have the answer - You were my first friend, you're my best friend and you're my forever friend - Every day you inspire me to be the best version of myself - Mom, you're the best because you're mine Whether it's for Mother's Day, Christmas, her birthday or just because, there is no better way to tell her, 'I love you, Mom'.
£11.97
Christian Focus Publications Ltd The Family You Want: How to Build an Authentic,
Book Synopsis In an age of broken homes and disintegrating family structures, John Huffman investigates the real issues at stake in the family and helps you to live in the best family that you are able to have. John takes us through the issues associated with work, spirituality, emotions, children, parenting, the extended family, divorce, sex and marriage. With chapters entitled "What Jesus can do for your family" and "Why work should be your fourth priority" the book is an enjoyable and easy read, with a much-needed message. John's advice is practical and comes with solid biblical foundations; it is precisely what is needed for the Families of the 21st Century. Trade Review'An excellent reference book for young people setting out on the adventure of life, for married couples seeking help in dealing with problems or for ministers involved in counselling extended family situations.' -- The Free Church of Scotland Monthly Record (Magazine of the Free Church of Scotland)'His practical, vulnerable wisdom comes from deep personal experience. Here is healing medicine for all who care about the family.' -- Harold L. Myra, Exec. Chairman Christianity Today‘a biblically and faith-based, pragmatic resource for families and for those of us who work with families. He is realistic and honest, and provides a healthy map for daily living.' -- Ralph H Earle, Former President of American Association of Marriage and Family Counsellors'It is eminently practical, warmly relational and scripturally based. Responding to his insights will make for all of us family relationships that are even more meaningful.' -- Ted Engstrom, President, World Vision'I highly recommend it, for our family relationships can be the cause both of the highest earthly joy, and also the deepest pain. John Huffman has written a book that is both biblical and practical; with high ideals but a realistic understanding that we all struggle with this most important of human relations' -- Leighton Ford, Leighton Ford Ministires (President, Leighton Ford Ministries, Charlotte, North Carolina)
£14.26
Council Oak Books The Girlfriends Keepsake Book: The Story of Our
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£16.16
Council Oak Books A Girlfriends Gift: Reflections on the
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£12.30
Pushcart Press Once More To The Rodeo: A Memoir
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£12.99
No Greater Joy Ministries Holy Sex: Song of Solomon
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£9.31
No Greater Joy Ministries Marriage Gods Way
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£17.95
No Greater Joy Ministries Jumping Ship: How to Keep Your Children from
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£9.33
Womancraft Publishing Digging for Mothers Bones
£14.63
Demeter Press South Asian Mothering: Negotiating Culture,
Book SynopsisThis edited collection seeks to initiate a dialogue on South Asian mothering. The chapters in this book explore how South Asian cultural norms and values, as well as social constructions such as gender, race, class, caste, sexuality and ability inform South Asian mothers’ perceptions and practices of mothering, both in South Asia and in the diaspora. This book will appeal to multiple audiences as contributors with backgrounds in academia, activism, public policy, and the media draw from theory, research and lived experiences to illuminate the complexity of South Asian mothering.
£26.55
Demeter Press Black Motherhood(s) Contours, Contexts and
Book SynopsisThis book considers Black Motherhood through multiple and global lenses to engage the reader in an expanded reflection and to prompt further discourse on the intersection of race and gender within the construct of motherhood among Black women. With an aim to extend traditional treatments of Black motherhood that are often centered on a subordinated and struggling perspective, these essays address some of the hegemonic reality while also exploring nuance in experiences, less explored areas of subjugation, as well as pathways of resistance and resilience in spite of it. Largely focusing within domains such as narrative, identity, spirituality and sexuality, the book deftly explores black motherhood by incorporating varied arenas for discussion including: literary analysis, expressive arts, historical fiction, the African Diaspora, reproductive health, religion and social ecology.
£20.85
National Center for Youth Issues I Am a Booger, Treat Me with Respect
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£10.40
Puddle Dancer Press Comunicacion no Violenta: Un Lenguaje de vida
Book SynopsisWhat is Violent Communication? If "violent" means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who's "good/bad" or what's "right/wrong" with people—could indeed be called "violent communication." What is Nonviolent Communication? Nonviolent Communication is the integration of four things: consciousness, language, communication, and means of influence. Nonviolent Communication serves our desire to increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection, connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships, and to share resources so everyone is able to benefit. 5,000,000 COPIAS VENDIDAS EN TODO EL MUNDO • TRADUCIDO A MAS DE 35 IDIOMAS ¿QuÉ es la comunicaciÓn violenta? Si ser "violento" significa actuar de forma que lastima o daÑa, una buena parte de nuestra comunicaciÓn – cuando incluye juzgar a otros, hacer bullying, tener prejuicios raciales, echar la culpa, acusar, discriminar, hablar sin escuchar, criticar a otros o a nosotros mismos, insultar, reaccionar cuando tenemos rabia, usar retÓrica polÍtica, estar a la defensiva o juzgar a otros de "buenos / malos" o de actuar "bien / mal" – podrÍa en efecto llamarse "comunicaciÓn violenta". ¿QuÉ es la ComunicaciÓn No Violenta? La ComunicaciÓn No Violenta es la integraciÓn de cuatro aspectos: • Consciencia: una serie de principios que ayudan a vivir desde la compasiÓn, la colaboraciÓn, la valentÍa y la autenticidad. • Lenguaje: entender cÓmo las palabras contribuyen a crear conexiÓn o distancia. • ComunicaciÓn: saber cÓmo pedir lo que queremos, cÓmo escuchar a otros incluso cuando no estamos de acuerdo y cÓmo orientarnos hacia soluciones que funcionen para todos. • Medios de influencia: compartir el "poder con otros" en ve
£16.16
No Greater Joy Ministries Jumping Ship
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£12.30
No Greater Joy Ministries Child Training 101
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£12.30
No Greater Joy Ministries The Balanced Patriarch
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£12.30
Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Speed Trap: Eighty Robberies and Fifty Years
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£999.99
Compendium Publishing & Communications What Is a Friend?: Express Your Gratitude for the Friends in Your Life with This Gift Book.
£10.40
Islandport Press The Sweet Life: Ida Leclair's Guide to Love and
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£999.99
Boutique of Quality Books Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoeprints That Matter
Book SynopsisAllowing us to learn lessons, let go of toxicity, and gain insight, relationship can play a powerful role in our lives. They are formed with people, alcohol, animals, battlefields, diseases, drugs, environments, and even our emotions. Whether toxic or nontoxic, relationships are an integral component of daily living. Author Nina Norstrom lost her child to a disease, but that wasn't the only toxic relationship she endured. In this book, she explores the effects that her relationships with grief, pain, trauma, and forgiveness have had on her life. This tale exposes a mother's struggle to escape her world of toxicity, her journey out of the clutches of diseased relationships, and the shoe prints the experiences have left on her family's history. This story in its raw form projects a remarkable voice to the heroic fight, courage, and bravery gained when striking back to wipe out toxic relationships. Its message reveals that life brings many challenges and that each challenge provides lessons to be learned. This book is not intended to be a blueprint for dealing with diseased relationships. It's about the shoe prints: those symbols of life's journey that are left by our experiences. "Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints that Matter" is an insightful and inspiring personal story of one family's journey through toxic relationships.
£14.20
NEWTYPE Publishing This Is How We Do It: Making Your Marriage A
Book SynopsisThis is How We Do It!This is How We Do It, but to Montell and Kristin Jordan, this phrase is more than just the title of one of Montell's most popular songs. It is a clear statement about how they have approached every day of their more than twenty years of marriage.When the couple entered a marriage covenant together in front of God, family and friends years ago, divorce was never an option, and today it is still not. That is quite a stance in a world where divorce is just as accepted (even celebrated) as marriage is, but the Jordans hope to inspire others to see the joys, rewards and peace that comes from marriage through their new book, This is How We Do It! Making Your Marriage a Masterpeace. Focusing on providing humorous but straightforward Christian marriage counseling, the Jordans highlight important factors to consider, whether you are single, engaged or are married, to help define God's plan for marriage to others.Scripture is included throughout Masterpeace to educate readers on how the word meets the world to reveal the covenant blueprint for marriage, God's reasoning for bringing man and woman together, and how children are to be raised in a godly manner. Faith is important to the Jordans and, as expressed in their book, kept their marriage strong through challenging times in career, family and walks with Christ.Readers also will get a glimpse of the first meeting between Montell and Kristin, seen by both as more comical than romantic, but that lead to the realization of God's intervention in their lives to make them one. It's not just a celebration of how God brought two people together into a lasting marriage; This is How We Do It is a teaching lesson to all couples that marriages determined by God are meant to last into eternity.
£13.25
New Growth Press The Gospel-Centered Parent: Study Guide with
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£15.42
KPT Publishing My Mother Told Me
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£11.66
KPT Publishing With You in Mind
Book SynopsisOur family legacy is a gift, and there’s no better way for future generations to know their family history than through the words of a loving grandparent. Designed for grandparents to reflect, record and share their life story with grandchildren and future generations, With You In Mind takes its recipient on a journey that will become a cherished family memoir. This interactive journal includes prompts and inspirational quotes to guide one through a record of family history, memories, celebrations and milestones, with pages designed to include family photos.
£11.66
KPT Publishing Forever Sisters: Cherished Memories and Simple
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£9.45
KPT Publishing Baby and Me: A Guided Journal for the Mother of a
Book SynopsisBaby and Me is a delightful journal for mothers to capture memories with ease to turn every-day moments into a keepsake. Beautifully designed pages feature inspirational quotes, with prompts for journal entries for the mother of a newborn through five years old. With place holders for photographs it truly turns her notes into a loving memory book to be enjoyed now and in the years to come. Thoughtful and compelling, it captures the essence of the outpouring love and hope that comes with a new baby.
£12.30
KPT Publishing New Baby, New Love: Inspiration for the Mother of
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£13.46
KPT Publishing The New Dad Survival Handbook
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£9.45
New Growth Press Parenting First Aid: Hope for the Discouraged
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£999.99
Certa Publishing A Life Shared: Meaningful Conversations with Our
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£12.34
Topix Media Lab The Official John Wayne Big Book of Dad Jokes:
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£9.49
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Ser mamá: Cómo encontrar el balance...¡sin perder
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£13.46
Woodhall Press My Body Is A Big Fat Temple: An Ordinary Story of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood
Book Synopsis "Alena Dillon is one of my favorite writers and to read her journey through pregnancy is a great joy and heartbreak." - Amy SchumerMy Body Is A Big Fat Temple, a memoir of pregnancy and early motherhood, follows a writer as she debates having children, miscarries, faces morning sickness, uncertainty, physical impairments, labor, breastfeeding, the “baby blues,” the heartache of not loving her son as she thinks she should, parenting through a plague, until finally (basically, mostly) blossoming into her new identity.The undertaking of creating life is airbrushed to preserve the ideal of motherhood, and exacerbated by a culture that dictates what women can do and how they should feel. We don’t get the full story, so mothers with unromantic experiences feel like aberrations, and worse, alone. This is why the voices of women matter. The voices of mothers matter. Here’s one to remind you of the important things.Trade Review"A life-altering debut featuring fierce, funny, and irreverent women who battle the most powerful institution in the world. This is the book we've all been waiting for." Amy Schumer"Never underestimate the power of a group of women. Fierce, thoughtful, and dramatic--this is a story of true courage." Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author"In Mercy House , Alena Dillon gives us one of fiction's more unlikely lovable heroines: elderly, dynamic Sister Evelyn, whose taleand that of her housematesis as unexpected as it is moving. This is a thoughtful, accomplished debut." Therese Ann Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Z, A Well-Behaved Woman , and A Good Neighborhood"[A] stirring, fiery debut...Dillon balances her protagonist's righteous anger with an earnest exploration of Evie's faith and devotion to justice and community service. This uncompromising story will light up book clubs." Publishers Weekly"...Dillon's debut novel is heartwarming to its core. With a widely diverse cast of supporting characters, author Dillon brings Bed-Stuy to life. Realistic in scope and pious without being preachy, Mercy House will appeal to fans of Naomi Ragen's The Devil in Jerusalem (2015) and Autumn J. Bright's Lovely (2017)." Booklist"Dillon's debut novel is heartwarming and easy to read, it never glosses over the history of abuse and sexism in the Catholic church...Those interested in religious fiction will also appreciate a simple narrative tackling complex church events. Perfect for reading groups." Library Journal"For fans of Ann Patchett's The Patron Saint of Liars or Maile Meloy's Liars and Saint s, Mercy House is a must-read." San Francisco Book Review"Alena Dillon is the real gritty deal, and she leaves no agony or indignity unexamined. Plus, she's funny, reassuring, tender, and also furious--in other words, the perfect combo pizza for hungry new mothers." Catherine Newman, author of Waiting for Birdy and Catastrophic Happiness"Alena Dillon is one of my favorite writers and to read her journey through pregnancy is a great joy and heartbreak." - Amy Schumer
£15.15
NEWTYPE Publishing Level Up
Book SynopsisIn a culture in which feelings are often valued more than facts, we can find ourselves searching for reasons why our relationships are tumultuous, inconsistent, and incomplete. In this book, we will tackle how to find serenity within ourselves, how to practice healthy romantic relationships and healthy friendships, and also how to harmonize with the institutions that are central to the human experience. With 15 years of ministry experience, including youth, evangelism, and church planting, Joey Furjanic gives his relevant and biblical point of view on a timeless topic: healthy and whole relationships. While people may be complicated or difficult, it is possible to attain real relational health and personal peace by growing higher. For many, it’s a good time to dig deeper and rise to a higher level. It’s time to level up!
£14.20
Portavoz Hijos Grandes Cómo Lograr Vínculos Sanos Mientras
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£11.39
Higherlife Development Service A Purpose for the Pain: Finding freedom from self-harm, anxiety, depression, anorexia, and suicide
£13.25
Little Creek Press Daisy in the Ashes
£17.05
Little Creek Press Clumsy Love
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£16.53
Compendium Publishing & Communications Mom, More Than a Little
£14.10
Compendium Publishing & Communications So Lucky Youre My Dad Let Me Tell You Why
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£13.46
Three Plus One Publishing Gloria Bee's Big Picture Day
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£18.04
New Paradigm Pub. Loving Gods Way
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£12.35
