"A novel about a married Nigerian couple who must grapple with staggering levels of loss and betrayal in their quest to create a family for themselves" -- Provided by publisher.

At each stage of her son's growth, including infant, toddler, preteen, teenager, and adult, a mother softly sings of her enduring love for him, until she herself is too old, and her son takes over the song.

"Noah wants to go home. A seemingly easy request from most four year olds. But as Noah's single-mother, Janie, knows, nothing with Noah is ever easy. One day the pre-school office calls and says Janie needs to come in to talk about Noah, and no, not later, now - and life as she knows it stops. For Jerome Anderson, life as he knows it has stopped. A deadly diagnosis has made him realize he is approaching the end of his life. His first thought - I'm...

When Robbie spends the summer at his grandmother Maddy's house, he revels in his grandmother's easy, relaxed ways. Robbie has always felt as if somehting is missing in his life -- his parents didn't always act like they love him. Maddy helps him understand that an experience his mother had long ago is at the heart of the problem in his family. With this knowledge, Robbie finds the courage to make things right.

Parenting: Contemporary Clinical Perspectives offers fresh insights into treating parents and their children that highlight the evolving role of parents throughout the lifespan and amidst contemporary social pressure and change. By drawing from their own personal experiences as well as those from clinical practice, distinguished clinicians and analysts examine each phase of parenting through a variety of lenses to tackle our biggest parenting questions....

In this provocative and compelling video, Vanessa Jackson demonstrates how power-its nature and impact-can complicate the process of assessment and diagnosis. Ms. Jackson shares her views on why understanding and changing the power dynamics that impact us is the only way that we can authentically heal as individuals and as a society. In a therapy session with a woman coping with her teenage son's arrest, Ms. Jackson skillfully facilitates a dialogue...

Delphine est une petite voleuse, Ann-Louise a souvent mal aux jambes, Christophe voudrait etre riche, Marie-Claude mange tout le temps ... Les enfants expriment leurs pensees par des voies detournees. Ce livre illustre avec humour propose le decodage de vingt-cinq situations vecues depuis la naissance jusqu'a l'adolescence, pour mieux comprendre la dynamique affective des enfants, leur poesie et quelques fois, leur souffrance. Diane Drory est une...

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