family

Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earth's rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life.

When things go wrong at home or school, Brian eats to stifle his feelings.

Follows Wes through the course of one day in which many important things happen to him: he will lose his virginity and break his own heart, try to meet an impossible deadline for a paper, and prepare a supper he hopes will reunite his family.

"It focuses on the impact of economic systems and social class on the organization of family life. Because the most vital function of the family is the survival of its members, the author gives primacy to the economic system in structuring the broad parameters of family life; that is, the economy shapes the prospects families have for earning a decent living by determining the location, nature, and pay associated with work. The author does not assign families a passive role in this process, but rather argues that from early hunting and gathering societies to contemporary societies the organization of family life is enhanced when understood in the context of economic forces. The power of economic forces to transform families is evident in the fact that most family scholars situate the study of Western families within the context of the industrial economy that began to emerge in the 1700s, noting how it gradually separated family life from work, fostered massive patterns of immigration and urbanization, led to modernization, created new specialized institutions and professions , and shaped the marital, family, and gender ideologies. The rise of industrial economy also resulted in the social class stratification system which continues to exist in capitalist societies, although it has taken different contours with the transition from industrial production to an economy based on information and services. This new post-industrial economy has been a major factor in drawing women into the labor force, creating greater class polarization inequality, and influencing patterns of marriage and childbearing"--.

Bonded by their shared status as children of Russian ?migr?s in spite of disparate family experiences, Vaclav and Lena team up as aspiring magicians when Lena's abusive domestic situation prompts her rescue by Vaclav's mother.

Laura and Mal investigate why their families and friends no longer remember them in a dystopian New York City where extreme security measures have been taken following a terrorist attack and citizens rely on technology for comfort.

Aspiring anthropologist Janice Wills reports on the socio-cultural ordeals of being an almost-seventeen-year-old in Melva, North Carolina, including "Beautiful Rich Girls, " parties, and the Miss Livermush pageant.

In Missouri in 1926, fifteen-year-old Iris Baldwin discovers what family truly means when her father hires her out for the summer as a companion to a country doctor's invalid mother.