From one of Britian's best-loved journalists writes about living with a life- threatening disease to give us an intelligent and passionate look at the way we can approach disappointment and trouble, friendship and love - every day.
An intelligent, thoughtful look at the ways people make couplehood work in a time of unprecedented expectations of romance, commitment, equality, fidelity, and happiness ever after Historically speaking, people currently enjoy unrivaled freedom when it comes to choosing and building a relationship, yet new levels of cynicism and uncertainly coupled with new myths about how to live and love can compromise potential coupled happiness. Kate Figes argues here that, whether married or cohabiting, gay or straight, remarried or a couple living apart, the quality of one's intimate relationship is fundamental to long-term health and happiness, because the human need for commitment and love hasn't changed. She set out to answer the question How do people make it work? by interviewing 120 people from diverse backgrounds as well as surveying couplehood-related academic literature. This book offers no universal recipes for success, because relationships are far too complicated, individual, and important for easy answers, but learning what really goes on in other people's lives and how they sustain lifelong love can help readers understand their own partnerships and take responsibility for making them work. This incisive look at how people can learn to make love endure will correct myths about the state of modern relationships and may reassure readers that they are doing far better than they ever give themselves credit for.
Kate Figes's offers a brilliant new take on the age-old pastime in this witty and enlightening miscellany of bitching.
Living with teenagers can be more stressful and emotional than anything parents have previously experienced. This book discusses about adolescence, based on the advice of experts, interviews with parents and their children.
From the celebrated author of the non-fiction bestseller LIFE AFTER BIRTH, a novel of life as a menopausal mum, and a teenage dirt bag . . . elder daughter, just fourteen, ready to start out in life. The pair are diametrically opposite in years and energy, yet both teeter on the brink of the next big thing. anxiety is a mother's middle name, and the new best thing is going to bed. And Frankie? She's thrown off the sugar and spice chrysalis, is surgically attached to her mobile phone, and is learning about boys, padded bras and the absurdities of her parents. shared desire to break free of the shackle that is home. Oh, and their emails and diaries... wonderful portrait of real life in an average household, sure to strike a familiar chord with mothers and daughters everywhere.
Mutter zu werden ist ein Abenteuer, das Nervenzusammenbrüche und Glückstaumel gleichermaßen einschließt. Die Umstellung auf das neue Leben dauert einige Zeit und ist nicht immer einfach. Bei ihrem ersten Kind fühlen sich viele Frauen mit all ihren Fragen und Sorgen alleingelassen, denn das Ausmaß der Veränderungen ist so groß, daß alle Vorstellungen vom Muttersein von der Realität überrumpelt werden. Zudem werden viele der Schwierigkeiten, die mit dem Mutterwerden verbunden sind, von der Gesellschaft verschwiegen oder in ein rosarotes Licht getaucht. Kate Figes, selber Mutter von zwei Kindern, bricht mit Tabus und entlarvt Klischeevorstellungen. Einfühlsam geht sie auf alle Veränderungen ein, die Frauen zu erwarten haben, wenn sie Mütter werden. Sie untersucht die physischen, psychologischen, emotionalen, sozialen und sexuellen Konsequenzen der Geburt und erklärt die Hintergründe der extremen Gefühlsschwankungen, der Erschöpfungszustände und Highlights, die junge Mütter durchleben. Mit diesem informativen und ermutigenden Buch erhalten werdende und gerade gewordene Mütter seelischen Beistand und praktische Tips. Endlich einmal kein Ratgeber, der sagt, wie junge Mütter alles richtig machen, sondern eine ehrliche, kluge und einfühlsame Auseinandersetzung mit allen Fragen und Problemen zum Thema Mutterschaft.
Popular author and journalist Kate Figes, makes her personal selection from the rich literature of childhood.
The first collection of contemporary short stories originally published in "Cosmopolitan" magazine. Contributors include Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Fiona Cooper, Primo Levi, Penelope Lively, David Lodge, Joyce Carol Oates, Salman Rushdie, Ruth Rendell, Alice Walker and many more.
