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One of the Best Books on Family and Relationships You’ll Read

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One of the Best Books on Family and Relationships You’ll Read

Photo by Emmanuel Olguín on Unsplash As we enter a new era of Gen X and Millennials heading up young families, there is a new kind of family evolution taking place. The family as an institution is being challenged from all angles. With the complexities of life, the variety of family structure including re-marriages and same-sex families, there is a renewed interest in family dynamics, and in particular family therapy.  As the family unit forms a new identity, I could not help but draw on Salvador Minuchin’s book on family therapy, titled “Family Healing”, which has been simultaneously nostalgic and sobering...

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The best books of 2018 so far…

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The best books of 2018 so far…

Best Books of 2018 so far Halfway through 2018, here are the bestselling books of the year so far. Some will make you laugh, others cry and some simply change the way you view the world forever. All phenomenally great literary reads, these most certainly are the most deserving of the best books of the year so far. Any others that should be here? Feel free to comment below. Best Literature and Fiction Books of 2018 so far… 1. Circe by Madeline Miller Circe by Madeline Miller Poetic fiction based on the fascinating story of the peculiar daughter of the sun god, Helios....

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2018 Pulitzer Prize Awards

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2018 Pulitzer Prize Awards

The 2018 Annual Pulitzer Prize Award winners were announced yesterday and as always the award-winning books do not disappoint. Great additions for your Spring reading list: Fiction Less by Andrew Sean Greer  A gorgeous book on love, growing old and the human heart. A satire that will take you half way across the world, mesmerise you with skilled writing and surprise you with how relatable it is! One not to be missed. History The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis  An engaging read that illuminates an important environmental history of the Gulf of Mexico that needs to be...

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