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- Condition
- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- ISBN
- 9780062072221
- Book Title
- All Joy and No Fun : the Paradox of Modern Parenthood
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Social Science, History
- Topic
- Children's Studies, Parenting / General, Sociology / General, Social History, Sociology / Marriage & Family
- Item Weight
- 0.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062072226
ISBN-13
9780062072221
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159784141
Product Key Features
Book Title
All Joy and No Fun : the Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Children's Studies, Parenting / General, Sociology / General, Social History, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
0.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Trade
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2013-498720
Reviews
' All Joy and No Fun captures the complex texture of parents lives, the joys and the sorrows, highs and lows, with remarkable insight, intelligence, sensitivity, and subtlety.' ( ?Alison Gopnik, bestselling author of The Philosophical Baby ), If you are tempted to read just one more book on the arguably over examined subject of parenthood, let it be Jennifer Senior's wise and surprising ALL JOY AND NO FUN., [A] smart, incredibly accurate, and thorough description of modern-day parenting... There's something wonderful about discovering facts, both scientific and anecdotal, that validates your own feelings and experiences... and the book definitely made me feel less alone., Read All Joy And No Fun by Jennifer Senior. In an era of drone parenting, where every action or inaction spurs feelings of guilt or inadequacy, this book allays fears and buoys the spirit. You're doing just fine., A smart study of modern parenthood… it's a treat to read a parenting book that's not about our precious children., The perfect intellectual Rx for today's overstressed parents. While scrupulously considering 'big data,' the triumph is Senior's own observations, presented with modesty and offhanded style, which brilliantly take down myths...a profound book about the meaning of love and how we raise not just our children, but ourselves., [An] astute book… clear and helpful… refreshing…an eye opening debut, and it will help a lot of parents feel less alone, if not less frazzled., Chatty, generous and yet statistically grounded reverse-angle of the usual studies of what parents do to children., Salted with insights and epigrams, the book is argued with bracing honesty and flashes of authentic wisdom...[an] excellent book., If you're a parent in 2013, you have to get your hands on this book. Wise, engrossing, and so real that I fear Senior has been spying inside my house, All Joy is a must-read for those of us whose lives have been enriched and derailed by having kids., All Joy and No Fun is a thought-provoking exploration of how childrearing become so unenjoyable in the 21st Century, and how fads, fashions and commerce, seek to undermine 'good enough parenting.', "An indispensable map for a journey that most of us take without one. Brilliant, funny and brimming with insight... an important book that every parent should read, and then read again. Jennifer Senior is surely one of the best writers on the planet." - Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness "All Joy and No Fun is the perfect intellectual Rx for today''s overstressed parents: a calm, clear-eyed synthesis of all the reasons their lives seem to be falling apart. While scrupulously considering the ''big data'' recent studies--as well as findings by pioneers like Margaret Mead--Senior reports from the collapsing front lines of our striving middle class. Yet this book''s triumph is the way the author''s own observations, presented with winning modesty and offhanded style, so brilliantly take down myths and assumptions to reveal why today''s parents find their experience of raising children so different from what their own childhoods had led them to expect. Amidst the bummers of modern parenthood, Senior finds jolts of transcendent meaning and satisfaction that liberate us from the "mazes of self-interest" that can otherwise dominate our days--it''s why we persist in bringing into the world creatures destined to wreck our lives. This is a profound book about the meaning of love and how we raise not just our children but ourselves." - Tom Reiss, author of The Black Count, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize "A lovely, thoughtful book, written in a generous spirit and with a piercing intelligence. Jennifer Senior manages to mix unflinching social commentary with a warm and compassionate voice." - Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can''t Stop Talking "Read All Joy And No Fun by Jennifer Senior. In an era of drone parenting, where every action or inaction spurs feelings of guilt or inadequacy, this book allays fears and buoys the spirit. You''re doing just fine." - Huffington Post "[A] smart, incredibly accurate, and thorough description of modern-day parenting... There''s something wonderful about discovering facts, both scientific and anecdotal, that validates your own feelings and experiences... and the book definitely made me feel less alone." - PopSugar "Insightful, engrossing, beautifully researched, and elegantly written." - Go Local PDX 2014 Top Ten Book of the Year Pick - Slate "In a series of interviews with families who are neither typical nor extraordinary, Senior analyzes the many ways children reshape parents'' lives: marriages, jobs, habits, hobbies, friendships and internal senses of self." - New York Times Book Review, Paperback Row " All Joy and No Fun is a thought-provoking exploration of how childrearing become so unenjoyable in the 21st Century, and how fads, fashions and commerce, seek to undermine ''good enough parenting.''" - Mind Hacks "A quick, lively read...[Senior''s] carefully observed case studies of modern families read like scenes from novels." - --San Francisco Chronicle "All Joy''s signal contribution is that its journalist author chose to focus on how child-rearing affects parents-many of whom feel thoroughly stressed." - --The Week "Always generous in tone, Senior is a keen observer of the impact children have on their parents'' marriages, mental health, work, and social lives, and she makes deft use of social-science research...the book''s most useful contribution may be the connection it makes between joy...and, surprisingly, grief." - --The New Yorker "Jennifer Senior takes on the topic of how children reshape the lives of their parents. All aspects are there - the marriage itself, and the jobs, lifestyles, friends and ''their internal senses of self.'' Parents will recognize plenty on each page." - Sacramento Bee, If you're a parent in 2014, you have to get your hands on this book. Wise, engrossing, and so real that I fear Senior has been spying inside my house, All Joy is a must-read for those of us whose lives have been enriched and derailed by having kids., Jennifer Senior has written a wonderful, smart, and deeply reported book that challenges many of the most sacred assumptions about modern parenthood. Written with authority and wisdom, it is destined to be the one book that all parents take with them on their mad, hair-raising, and, yes, joyous odyssey., All Joy and No Fun captures the complex texture of parents lives, the joys and the sorrows, highs and lows, with remarkable insight, intelligence, sensitivity, and subtlety., Jennifer Senior successfully connects a barrage of scholarship with the real experiences of moms and dads, and the resulting book, ALL JOY AND NO FUN, is completely fascinating...., Attention childless persons: If you're thinking of having kids, and are looking for an accurate assessment of the experience, disregard the holiday cards you may have received that portray merry families in various stages of triumph. Instead, read Jennifer Senior's book. This eloquent read is a tonic, Jennifer Senior's excellent new book... is not prescriptive. She doesn't tell parents to be more mindful or drink more wine or neglect their kids; she just wants them to understand why they are always so stressed out., Salted with insights and epigrams, the book is argued with bracing honesty and flashes of authentic wisdom…[an] excellent book., Jennifer Senior successfully connects a barrage of scholarship with the real experiences of moms and dads, and the resulting book, ALL JOY AND NO FUN, is completely fascinating…., Always generous in tone, Senior is a keen observer of the impact children have on their parents' marriages, mental health, work, and social lives, and she makes deft use of social-science research...the book's most useful contribution may be the connection it makes between joy...and, surprisingly, grief., [An] astute book... clear and helpful... refreshing...an eye opening debut, and it will help a lot of parents feel less alone, if not less frazzled., A lovely, thoughtful book, written in a generous spirit and with a piercing intelligence. Jennifer Senior manages to mix unflinching social commentary with a warm and compassionate voice., In a series of interviews with families who are neither typical nor extraordinary, Senior analyzes the many ways children reshape parents' lives: marriages, jobs, habits, hobbies, friendships and internal senses of self., [A] smart, incredibly accurate, and thorough description of modern-day parenting… There's something wonderful about discovering facts, both scientific and anecdotal, that validates your own feelings and experiences… and the book definitely made me feel less alone., An indispensable map for a journey that most of us take without one. Brilliant, funny and brimming with insight... an important book that every parent should read, and then read again. Jennifer Senior is surely one of the best writers--and wisest moms--on the planet., Jennifer Senior's excellent new book… is not prescriptive. She doesn't tell parents to be more mindful or drink more wine or neglect their kids; she just wants them to understand why they are always so stressed out., An indispensable map for a journey that most of us take without one. Brilliant, funny and brimming with insight... an important book that every parent should read, and then read again. Jennifer Senior is surely one of the best writers on the planet., All Joy's signal contribution is that its journalist author chose to focus on how child-rearing affects parents-many of whom feel thoroughly stressed., Travelling far beyond the infant and toddler years into the acute challenges of adolescence, Senior ingeniously deconstructs the kinds of experiences that all parents have but few parents talk about, revealing in countless ways that none of us are in this alone. I loved this book., An important book, much the way The Feminine Mystique was, because it offers parents a common language, an understanding that they're not alone in their struggles, and an explanation of the cultural, political, and economic reasons for them., 'A lovely, thoughtful book, written in a generous spirit and with a piercing intelligence. Jennifer Senior manages to mix unflinching social commentary with a warm and compassionate voice.' ( Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking ), A quick, lively read...[Senior's] carefully observed case studies of modern families read like scenes from novels., 'Jennifer Senior has written a wonderful, smart, and deeply reported book that challenges many of the most sacred assumptions about modern parenthood. Written with authority and wisdom, it is destined to be the one book that all parents take with them on their mad, hair-raising, and, yes, joyous odyssey.' ( David Grann, bestselling author of The Lost City of Z ), Jennifer Senior takes on the topic of how children reshape the lives of their parents. All aspects are there - the marriage itself, and the jobs, lifestyles, friends and 'their internal senses of self.' Parents will recognize plenty on each page., All Joy and No Fun captures the complex texture of parents lives, the joys and the sorrows, highs and lows, with remarkable insight, intelligence, sensitivity, and subtlety.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.874
Synopsis
"Salted with insights and epigrams, the book is argued with bracing honesty and flashes of authentic wisdom...[an] excellent book." --Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review "[A] richly woven, entertaining, enlightening, wrenching and funny book." --The Washington Post Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources--in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology--she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations--and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today--and tomorrow., "Salted with insights and epigrams, the book is argued with bracing honesty and flashes of authentic wisdom... an] excellent book." --Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review " A] richly woven, entertaining, enlightening, wrenching and funny book." -- The Washington Post Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents ? In All Joy and No Fun , award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources--in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology--she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations--and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parent hood , rather than parent ing , the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today--and tomorrow., Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources-in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology-she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations-and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today-and tomorrow., "Salted with insights and epigrams, the book is argued with bracing honesty and flashes of authentic wisdom...[an] excellent book." --Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review "[A] richly woven, entertaining, enlightening, wrenching and funny book." -- The Washington Post Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents ? In All Joy and No Fun , award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources--in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology--she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations--and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parent hood , rather than parent ing , the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today--and tomorrow.
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HQ755.8.S455 2014
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