"A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love. When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself--an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook--in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living? When hell freezes over. He can't bring himself to force her from...

"Many Americans hold fast to the notion that gay men and women, more often than not, have been ostracized from disapproving families. Not in This Family challenges this myth and shows how kinship ties have been an animating force in gay culture, politics, and consciousness throughout the latter half of the twentieth century." "Historian Heather Murray gives voice to gays and their parents through an extensive use of introspective writings, particularly...

Presents a collection of personal accounts by parents of children with such developmental challenges as ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, and autism, offering insight into the daily experiences of raising children with special needs.

"The vast majority of the law enforcement officers in this country perform their very difficult jobs with respect for their communities and in compliance with the law. Even so, there have been incidents in which this was not the case. Police brutality and misconduct has been under the microscope for the last several years, and Loretta Prater brings these issues to light through research reports and numerous examples of cases, including the personal...

Offers advice and guidance for couples with members of the military on marriage and relationships, discussing the challenges of being in a relationship with military personnel, counseling options that are available, deployments, financial issues, domestic violence, jobs, starting a family, depression, and other related topics.

Narrated by both Henry Cockburn and his father Patrick, this is the extraordinary story of the eight years since Henry's descent into schizophrenia- years he has spent almost entirely in hospitals- and his family's struggle to help him recover.