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Like A Family
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Author : Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-12-30
Like A Family written by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-30 with History categories.
Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. "The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the history of the cotton-mill world.--Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review "Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.--Studs Terkel "Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.--Choice
Like Family
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Author : Paolo Giordano
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-12-01
Like Family written by Paolo Giordano and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-01 with Fiction categories.
“From aide to nanny and housekeeper . . . Paolo Giordano examines this unusual relationship in the context of one household of three. . . . Spare, elegant.”–The New York Times “Like Family. . . demands to be savored. . . Giordano's emphasis on how we choose to live and love offers subtle hope that our decisions actually matter.”—NPR.org From the author of Heaven and Earth, an exquisite portrait of marriage, adulthood, and the meaning of family Paolo Giordano’s prizewinning debut novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, catapulted the young Italian author into the literary spotlight. His new novel features his trademark character-driven narrative and intimate domestic setting that first made him an international sensation. When Mrs. A. first enters the narrator’s home, his wife, Nora, is experiencing a difficult pregnancy. First as their maid and nanny, then their confidante, this older woman begins to help her employers negotiate married life, quickly becoming the glue in their small household. She is the steady, maternal influence for both husband and wife, and their son, Emanuele, whom she protects from his parents’ expectations and disappointments. But the family’s delicate fabric comes undone when Mrs. A. is diagnosed with cancer. Moving seamlessly between the past and present, Giordano highlights with remarkable precision the joy of youth and the fleeting nature of time. An elegiac, heartrending, and deeply personal portrait of marriage and the people we choose to call family, this is a jewel of a novel—short, intense, and unforgettable.
Like Family
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Author : Ena Jansen
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2019-04-01
Like Family written by Ena Jansen and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with Political Science categories.
An analytic and historical perspective of literary texts to understand the position of domestic workers in South Africa More than a million black South African women are domestic workers. Precariously situated between urban and rural areas, rich and poor, white and black, these women are at once intimately connected and at a distant remove from the families they serve. Ena Jansen shows that domestic worker relations in South Africa were shaped by the institution of slavery, establishing social hierarchies and patterns of behavior that persist today. To support her argument, Jansen examines the representation of domestic workers in a diverse range of texts in English and Afrikaans. Authors include André Brink, JM Coetzee, Imraan Coovadia, Nadine Gordimer, Elsa Joubert, Antjie Krog, Sindiwe Magona, Kopano Matlwa, Es'kia Mphahlele, Sisonke Msimang, Zukiswa Wanner and Zoë Wicomb. Like Family is an updated version of the award-winning Soos familie (2015) and the highly-acclaimed 2016 Dutch translation, Bijna familie.
Like Family
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Author : Margaret K. Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-17
Like Family written by Margaret K. Nelson and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-17 with Family & Relationships categories.
For decades, social scientists have assumed that “fictive kinship” is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of color in the United States. In this innovative book, Nelson reveals the frequency, texture and dynamics of relationships which are felt to be “like family” among the white middle-class. Drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, Nelson describes the quandaries and contradictions, delight and anxiety, benefits and costs, choice and obligation in these relationships. She shows the ways these fictive kinships are similar to one another as well as the ways they vary—whether around age or generation, co-residence, or the possibility of becoming “real” families. Moreover she shows that different parties to the same relationship understand them in some similar – and some very different – ways. Theoretically rich and beautifully written, the book is accessible to the general public while breaking new ground for scholars in the field of family studies.
Just Like Family
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Author : Andrea Laurent-Simpson
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2021-07-13
Just Like Family written by Andrea Laurent-Simpson and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-13 with Family & Relationships categories.
"A first-of-its kind, in-depth investigation into how companion animals and their humans have carved out a new type of family - the multi-species family - in which identities like parent, child, grandparent, and sibling transcend species to create new forms of kinship"--
They Were Like Family To Me
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Author : Helen Maryles Shankman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-10-04
They Were Like Family To Me written by Helen Maryles Shankman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Fiction categories.
A radiant debut collection of linked stories from a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, set in a German-occupied town in Poland, where mythic tales of Jewish folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion.
Folding And Aggregation Studies In The Acylphosphatase Like Family
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Author : Francesco Bemporad
language : en
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Release Date : 2009
Folding And Aggregation Studies In The Acylphosphatase Like Family written by Francesco Bemporad and has been published by Firenze University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Science categories.
Folding and misfolding of proteins are considered two sides of the same coin. The delicate equilibrium existing between these two processes is crucial for any living organism and its alterations can lead to the onset of several tremendous diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The attainment of a profound knowledge of folding/misfolding processes is a key step to understand how life works and for discovering new therapies to these diseases. In this work the author shows that proteins can display enzymatic activity even in the absence of a compact three-dimensional structure, with important implications for the study of protein enzymes. Furthermore, the author investigates the formation of protein aggregates similar to those observed in patients of amyloid-related diseases.
Treated Like Family
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Author : Tom Faley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-04-10
Treated Like Family written by Tom Faley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-10 with Business & Economics categories.
At the age of nineteen, high school diploma in hand, Leonard Gentine knew two things: he wanted to own a family business that would pass from generation to generation, and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Dolores Becker, a girl he'd met on a blind date. For Leonard, life didn't prove that simple. This biography, told from the viewpoint of four generations of the Gentine family, places the reader in Leonard's shoes as he advances from young man to old age and discovers life's foundational lessons. Along the way, he endures outstanding debts, disappointments, and a collection of small businesses, all with Dolores at his side. It's an inspirational story of perseverance, personal integrity, and a mind-set of always doing the right thing-as painful as that may be in the short term. Treated Like Family details the development of Sargento-a nationally recognized cheese company and household name. At the same time, it's a timeless story that showcases the importance of the individual and how a family united in a single purpose within the right culture is unstoppable. Tom Faley invites the reader into the lives of the Gentine family and the men and women they hired, deftly weaving a story grounded in over 180 interviews-the collective voices of the company's employees, retirees, and friends. Treated Like Family offers a rare glimpse into the creative mind of an innovator and entrepreneur and underscores the rewards for all of us when we maintain our humanity toward one another: When one person motivates others to pull together, at times facing unspeakable odds, he is able not only to change their lives but to alter history.
Feels Like Family
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Author : Jo Cox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-14
Feels Like Family written by Jo Cox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-14 with categories.
V's about to start her first teaching job. After years of begging favours, juggling childcare, and working her arse off, she's finally standing on her own two feet. The only trouble is, they're a bit wobbly.She knows she doesn't want her old life anymore, but perhaps the set ideas she had for her new one need some reassessment. In fact, when she's knocked completely off-balance by Sofia, a hot Italian who's single-handedly raising the sex appeal of the entire maths department, the whole plan is thrown through a classroom window.After all, the greatest joy is in the unexpected-she's got the precocious five-year-old daughter to prove it.An age-gap romance that'll add a smile, subtract a frown, and leave you feeling anything but square.'Feels Like Family' is the sequel to 'Feels Like Home' but can be read as a standalone.
Like One Of The Family
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Author : Alice Childress
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2017-01-24
Like One Of The Family written by Alice Childress and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-24 with Fiction categories.
Recommended by Entertainment Weekly The hilarious, uncompromising novel about African American domestic workers—from a trailblazer in Black women’s literature and now featuring a foreword by Roxane Gay First published in Paul Robeson’s newspaper, Freedom, and composed of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marge, Like One of the Family is a wry, incisive portrait of working women in Harlem in the 1950s. Rippling with satire and humor, Mildred’s outspoken accounts vividly capture her white employers’ complacency and condescension—and their startled reactions to a maid who speaks her mind and refuses to exchange dignity for pay. Upon publication the book sparked a critique of working conditions, laying the groundwork for the contemporary domestic worker movement. Although she was critically praised, Childress’s uncompromising politics and unflinching depictions of racism, classism, and sexism relegated her to the fringe of American literature. Like One of the Family has been long overlooked, but this new edition, featuring a foreword by best-selling author Roxane Gay, will introduce Childress to a new generation.