My Father Married Your Mother Dispatches from the Blended Family

Name: My Father Married Your Mother Dispatches from the Blended Family
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ISBN: 9780393329834

ISBN-10: 0393329836

ISBN-13: 9780393329834

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Authors: Anne Burt, Anne Burt

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"[Includes] a take on just about every version of a newly extended family....Stellar."--"Boston Globe" Eye-opening essays by esteemed writers about the rich and complicated lives of American stepfamilies: with the U.S. divorce rate hovering around 50 percent, most people recognize remarriage as a now-familiar occurrence. And remarriage often means stepfathers, -mothers, -brothers, and -sisters, and the formation of a new type of "blended" family. Jacquelyn Mitchard, Barbara Kingsolver, Roxana Robinson, Susan Cheever, and others share experiences of being stepdaughters, stepmothers, or ex-wives. Andrew Solomon writes about his relationship with his stepmother. Kate Christensen celebrates…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction


My Father's New Muse


Le Beau-Pere


Losing Janey


On Having a Stepmother Who Loves Opera


My Father's Chinese Wives


Infinite Family


My Mother's Women


A Package Deal


Wicked


My Papa Married Your Mama


My Wedding Presents


A Good Man Is Hard to Find


On the Uses of Animals


My Room


A Trickle of Talk


Stepmother


Advice to New Stepmothers: On Undertaking the Stepfamily Vacation


Infidelities


Dogs and Daughter


Broken


Diana's Child


My Fairy Stepmother


Step Shock


Learning to Pray


The Mrs. Davises


Stone Soup


Contributor Biographies