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by Steven Long
ISBN: 0312937415
Binding/Media: Mass Market Paperback - 256 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no highlighting. Copy in very good condition with minimal reading wear.
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Well written
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-11-05
I think the author did a good job describing the type of person Lori was. So often it seems that true crime authors put most of their focus on the killer and the victim becomes almost an after thought. It sounds like Lori was a very loving and good person. What a terrible tragedy for her family to loose her in this way. My heart goes out to her family. I am sorry for your loss. I am a little surprised this book has such a low rating. I read a lot of true crime and this book held my attention well.
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Threw it in the trash
Rating  (1)
Date: 2009-01-30
What I did read of this book was very inaccurate. I am not sure why the author chose to write about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as the main topic of the book. Just because the victim and suspect were members of the Church didn't mean that the Church or Church teachings had anything to do with the crime.
What he wrote about the Church, including the temple ceremonies was grossly inaccurate. I have no idea where he got his information, but it wasn't correct.
I have been in the Bountiful Temple a couple of times. I was recently there for my niece's wedding and found the sealing rooms to be quite lovely, nothing at all like a hotel lobby as the author describes. He also didn't mention that most couples choose to have a nice reception after their sealing like most weddings have.
The misinformation was upsetting to me, so I decided to skip ahead. I hoped that the author would abandon using the Church or Mark Hacking's Priesthood title "The Elder" instead of his name or another term for everything to do with the case. He didn't. The book didn't get any better, so I just threw it away. I'm glad that I got it through a paperback swap club and didn't pay for it.
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So many pages, So little insight
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-12-02
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Amazingly, the book barely touches on the most interesting part of this story - the lies told by Mark Hacking. It's obvious the author had no direct interviews with either family, because there's little insight gleaned by the time you finish the book. It was a quick read, and some interesting facts were revealed, but this book is simply a collection of facts about the case.
It's also repetitive - the author makes the same point over and over again, I guess for lack of anything insightful to say. The author also spends a lot of time on "filler" information - talking about all the different defense attorneys in town, the professional background of the judge, the climate, the scenic landscapes - if the book was whittled down to interesting, relevant information about this couple, it would be half as long.
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for lori hacking...
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-09-07
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
not the page turner i was hoping for....
i feel for lori and her family-and hope mark rots in hell for what he did to her/family
but this story--needs another writer to write it!!
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Not the same being a reporter than writing a book
Rating (2)
Date: 2008-08-14
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Albeit before reading this book you'll know who was the killer. The problem with SL is that he wrote the mistakes done by the killer in the first part of the book. So the only quasi thrilling part was how they found the body and even that part isn't such a thrilling part. I also agree with others reviewers that the Mormon explanation at every part of the book is just excessive and boring.
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by Sandra Marie Schneiders
ISBN: 0809139618
Binding/Media: Paperback - 480 pages
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. This is a used copy with minimal underlining/ highlighting on the inside.
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This book is a treasure
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-05-06
This book provides a very well articulated review of the challenges and triumphs of religious life. Schneiders has a strong viewpoint on the essential aspects of that life and uses that viewpoint to weave a story of heroism and of thoughtful reflection. For anyone who has been in religious life, associated with religious or watched religious as they have navigated the cahllenges of the last half century, this book is chock full of well researched facts and enlightening spiritual reflections on how the life has transformed and why. It is a vlauble resource for clergy, religious and laity in our ongoing attempts to live a deeply christian life in the modern world.
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Worth reading
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-11-24
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I highly respect Sister Sandra even when I disagree with her, for she shows respect to those who may differ while trying to clearly explain her position. Also, it is obvious that she loves the Religious Life, and that was helpful to me.
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How Did She Get the Courage?
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-08-20
11 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
How did Sandra Schneiders get the courage to write this book? I was amazed and delighted to work my way through her research and logic and find an explanation for the alienation I feel in the Church of my youth. She names clearly and well what is the matter with the church today. Although this book is aimed at woman in religious life I found in it a treasure of facts on church history,teaching and contempory culture. It dares to tell what is wrong at the center of the Church. In doing so the author gives me the first hope I have had in 20 years that there is a way to give the church back to the people.
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The Major Work In This Area For Years To Come
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-05-12
30 out of 32 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the first of a two-volume work, this one defining where and what Religious Life (RL) is today, the second to be published later this month deals with how RL is or should be lived, and it's said that there may be a third volume to address a number of remaining issues. It is a bricolage of insights from many disciplines fit into an intelligible pattern out of Schneiders's long experience; Religious and other readers will judge the results depending on their own experience. It deals with present-day, first-world Religious women and specifically apostolic sisters. Contemplative, male and third-world Religious will need to make their own adaptations.Part I of this volume describes the human context of RL. RL is humanly grounded in the anthropological archetype of the Monk (who seeks one thing), the psychological archetype of the Virgin (one-in-herself), and the sociological type of the Religious virtuoso. A sociological approach to RL as an organic life form with multiple interrelated aspects rather than distinct separable elements addresses the issues of (various levels of) membership in a congregation as well as its growth, self-renewal and possible decline and death. Since and because of Vatican II sisters have leapt from the middle ages to postmodernity in the space of 30 years, and the types of postmodernity that form the present historical context and options for RL are distinguished. Part II looks at the ecclesial context of RL. Theologically it is rooted in the grace of Baptism, but characterized by consecrated celibacy; contemplative closeness to God and social unity with the marginalized put Religious in a unique place to exercise a prophetic role and calling particularly inside the Church. Spiritually RL seems to be collectively going through a postmodern crisis comparable to the Dark Night of the Soul, not showing the characteristic signs of death throes, but the real possibility for new life. The ecclesiastical confusion about the place of Religious in relation to the hierarchical structure, canonical status and theological identity is seen to be caused by the mandatory singleness of the clergy, the sexualization of power relations in the Church, and the privative connotations of the term "lay," as well as from positive developments of Vatican II. The issues of canonical status and the (hypothetical) ordination of Religious women are addressed to clarify related topics. Various levels of the charism of RL are disentangled and on one level the mobile ministerial form of RL is affirmed as an ages-old calling valid in itself and not a watered down form of monasticism. Three special areas need the prophetic mission of RL today: interreligious dialog, the dialectic of religion and spirituality, and feminism in the Church. Schneiders is herself the prophetic Religious she describes in the book, comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable, consoling Religious in their spiritual Dark Night, and summoning them from becoming merely a cheap ecclesiastical work force to assuming the mantle of prophecy and renewed leadership. She is prophetic too in identifying the continuous systemic injustices caused by the patriarchal structures of the Church and the sexism of churchmen, and so is likely to receive a prophet's welcome and reward in many quarters. But whether you agree with her or not, in whole or in part, she has with clarity and expertise defined the terms, identified the problems and mapped out the areas for the discussion of Religious life for years to come.
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Liberal sisters growing greyer, wrinkled, fewer-yet jubilant
Rating (1)
Date: 2001-02-24
11 out of 65 customers found this reveiw helpful
Sister Schneiders' book is a fascinating read. But not for the reasons she would want. She exudes a self-congratulatory tone --which she shares with an ever-dwindling puddle of radicalized & wrinkled women religious. Why are they getting greyer, fewer, and more self-absorbed? Together they seem to be celebrating an outworn 60's-style radicalism that remains as defiant as it is barren. For those who want to find real treasure, study Mother Theresa...
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by Matthew Lesko, Mary Ann Martello
ISBN: 1890957313
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 380 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Another type of Pigeon Scam
Rating (1)
Date: 2002-05-08
39 out of 39 customers found this reveiw helpful
You remember when seniors were being taken for their life savings by someone who claimed to find some money and would share the found fortune with the senior. But the senior had to come up with "trust" money. The scam artist would take the seniors money and never be heard from again.
This is what this book does. I purchased this book for my mother. I hoped it would provide access to free services. It doesn't. You have to be disabled, a vet, living in a rural backwater town in Idaho, with one good eye and 3 missing fingers on your right hand. Okay, so I exaggerated a bit. But you get the drift.
Matthew Lesko is a good pitchman but his products don't live up to the hype.
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every bit of info available for free from Goverment agency
Rating (1)
Date: 2001-06-05
19 out of 19 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is a rip off every bit of information is available free of charge from Goverment Agencys, Elected Officials, Public Librarys. And here on the Internet. And Most of what is discussed Has Eligibility requirements Such as being a veteran, Low Income, Disabled, etc.
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My parents are happy!
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-08-27
13 out of 19 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am not a senior but my parents are. My father is rather difficult to purchase gifts for because I always like to give gifts that are useful. The book, "Free Stuff for Seniors," met my qualifications for a useful gift. My father was especially interested in the section on taking College courses for free. I figure my parents will use the information in the book for years to come.
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Thanks for this book!
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-08-27
21 out of 21 customers found this reveiw helpful
Before reading what to do about trouble with high utility bills because of low income (social security) we thought we would have to move out of our home after living in it for 34 years. "Free Stuff for Seniors," advised us to contact our local utility office, because our utility bills were so high, as a result we got fuel assistance and a new furnace which was desperately needed. They also provided smoke detectors and insulation.
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I am quoted in this book without permission
Rating (1)
Date: 1999-01-29
8 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have received several calls from senior citizens who have read this book and want to know how they can rent their homes out to filmmakers.....although I do not mind bearing witness to the possibility of using ones home for use in motion pictures, I find it troubling that the author uses me as a reference without proper permission. Given this information, I can only suggest that seniors be "smart consumers" and decide for themselves if this author's work merits serious consideration.
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by Enid Opal Cox, Rosemary Chapin, Elizabeth Kelchner
ISBN: 0789019418
Binding/Media: Paperback - 226 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No publisher marks, no shelf wear, no creases in spine. From the outside this book appears new, but there is underlining in pen. No further imperfections.
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by Anthony E. Wolf
ISBN: 0374523223
Binding/Media: Paperback - 203 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no highlighting. Copy in very good condition with minimal reading wear.
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Should have read this years ago
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-25
I purchased this book at least 4 years ago when my now 20 year old was a teenager but it got lost in the shuffle amongst all the other parenting books I was reading. My second child, a son is now 16 and out of desperation for some advice on how to deal with teenagers that are so drastically different that the respectful teenagers of yesterday, I pulled this book off of my bookshelf and didn't stop reading it until I was finished. I felt as if the author had been in my home when he was researching the book. As I was reading the book I felt someone finally understood my frustration and feelings of inadequacy as a mother. Wolf not only acknowledges the everyday issues that we deal with as parents of teenagers but explains why they are occurring. I realized that this behavior is normal and that my child is normal and that I am a good parent. I too identified with Chapter three as well as many other chapters in this book. If you have a teenager in your home this is a MUST read. It is the best parenting book I have read to date!
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The Best of the Best
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-06-25
Parents generally try to seek solutions for the issues they are facing with their children, and they often turn to books containing well-meaning advice from experts that purport to tell them how to communicate with their children so that the children actually listen, how to enforce discipline, how to raise a great child, etc. The problem is that many of the prescriptions contained in such books are perfectly suited for someone else's child, some abstraction that somehow doesn't seem to correspond to your child who is standing (or slouching) right in front of your very own face.
Wolf's book is refreshingly different. His observations and comments are all grounded in real-life and he avoids the spurious idea that parents can somehow continue to be in control during the adolescent years. Instead, through gentle but persistent examples he shows that the role of parents must change during this time, whether they like it or not, and that in general teenagers will make it through the rough times and come out the other side as nice people. He explains clearly what is going on in the mind of the teenager and thereby why most "appropriate" parenting strategies are actually completely pointless and self-defeating. He never confronts parents' erroneous beliefs head-on, but rather he gently works around them with examples and explanations, so that such lessons can be absorbed without too much internal resistance.
Every parent, I think, is likely to read some part of Wolf's book and think, "but I SHOULD have done it that way! I don't see WHY I should change!" And yet... after a few moments, or hours, or days of reflection, it does in fact make sense. The best thing is that his input isn't dogmatic. Each parent can read the book and come away with a different action plan. There are no lists, no "you absolutely must do it this way or else your child will be emotionally scarred for life" kinds of directives. Just a lot of sensible observations presented gently and with subtle humor.
One example of this is when he writes: "A number of years back I heard about an unusual situation. A man whose wife had died and who had three children married a woman whose husband had died and who also had three children. Suddenly, six children, but despite the odds against them the two families blended amazingly well into one. Of course there were some disagreements, but there was a lot of love and respect in the family, a lot of caring within the family as a whole. Their name was Brady. Their secret, of course, was that they were not real, but only the product of television scriptwriters."
Wolf is superb at pointing out the difference between how we'd like things to be and how they really are - and how, if we continue to behave as if things were as we'd like them to be, we'll dig ourselves deeper and deeper into a hole. Only by dealing with things as they really are, can we help our children to progress through the difficult teenage years and retain our sanity and emotional balance.
The only downside of the book is that Wolf labors under the usual American neuroses about sexuality and consequently over-emphasizes the potential downside of sexual issues. Europeans will find the chapter on teenage sexual behaviors perplexingly Victorian, but that's just a seemingly inescapable attribute of all US books that touch on the topic. As always, AIDS is invoked as a potential killer but nowhere is it mentioned that if you are the child of white middle-class parents who have a health plan and you consort with people like you, your statistical probability of contracting HIV is actually only one-third of your probability of being struck by lightning. Sexually transmitted diseases are often prevalent for teens, but they are largely the sort that is cured by a week's worth of anti-biotics - hardly the end of the world unless chronic denial results in lack of prompt treatment. But no doubt the book would sell far less well if it included a more mature, and less repressed, treatment of teenage sexuality.
If you only buy one book on how to parent teenagers, let it be this one. Not only is it sensible, it's also quite funny at times - which is an immense relief to stressed parents!
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A Book Every Parent Should Read
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-06-24
Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall is not a book of quick fixes and it does not have all the answers, but it will help you understand what is going on with your teenager and why he or she is behaving in ways that could drive you to pull out your hair. When I first read this book I thought I should look for the mics and hidden cameras in our home; the book was so spot on my husband's daughter could have been the source of much of the author's information. We both read the book and found that the insights gained helped us to alter our behaviours and to develop strategies that were much more successful than what we had been doing. I recommend this book to every parent - read it before they reach the teenage years.
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Keep your sanity, love your child
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-05-24
I really needed to hear that despite the torment and surliness I was experiencing at home, my child would eventually become the person she shows her teachers and schoolmates. the author states that on the first page and I immediately relaxed. There is alot of good info on what you can and can't change about your teenager, but knowing that most of the bad stuff will pass helped me immensely.
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I feel MUCH better now!
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-04-28
This book was so helpful at making my family seem 'normal'. It's easy to read and I came away with renewed hope at getting through these next few years. Certainly worth the price.
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by Anthony E. Wolf
ISBN: 0374523223
Binding/Media: Paperback - 203 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Should have read this years ago
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-25
I purchased this book at least 4 years ago when my now 20 year old was a teenager but it got lost in the shuffle amongst all the other parenting books I was reading. My second child, a son is now 16 and out of desperation for some advice on how to deal with teenagers that are so drastically different that the respectful teenagers of yesterday, I pulled this book off of my bookshelf and didn't stop reading it until I was finished. I felt as if the author had been in my home when he was researching the book. As I was reading the book I felt someone finally understood my frustration and feelings of inadequacy as a mother. Wolf not only acknowledges the everyday issues that we deal with as parents of teenagers but explains why they are occurring. I realized that this behavior is normal and that my child is normal and that I am a good parent. I too identified with Chapter three as well as many other chapters in this book. If you have a teenager in your home this is a MUST read. It is the best parenting book I have read to date!
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The Best of the Best
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-06-25
Parents generally try to seek solutions for the issues they are facing with their children, and they often turn to books containing well-meaning advice from experts that purport to tell them how to communicate with their children so that the children actually listen, how to enforce discipline, how to raise a great child, etc. The problem is that many of the prescriptions contained in such books are perfectly suited for someone else's child, some abstraction that somehow doesn't seem to correspond to your child who is standing (or slouching) right in front of your very own face.
Wolf's book is refreshingly different. His observations and comments are all grounded in real-life and he avoids the spurious idea that parents can somehow continue to be in control during the adolescent years. Instead, through gentle but persistent examples he shows that the role of parents must change during this time, whether they like it or not, and that in general teenagers will make it through the rough times and come out the other side as nice people. He explains clearly what is going on in the mind of the teenager and thereby why most "appropriate" parenting strategies are actually completely pointless and self-defeating. He never confronts parents' erroneous beliefs head-on, but rather he gently works around them with examples and explanations, so that such lessons can be absorbed without too much internal resistance.
Every parent, I think, is likely to read some part of Wolf's book and think, "but I SHOULD have done it that way! I don't see WHY I should change!" And yet... after a few moments, or hours, or days of reflection, it does in fact make sense. The best thing is that his input isn't dogmatic. Each parent can read the book and come away with a different action plan. There are no lists, no "you absolutely must do it this way or else your child will be emotionally scarred for life" kinds of directives. Just a lot of sensible observations presented gently and with subtle humor.
One example of this is when he writes: "A number of years back I heard about an unusual situation. A man whose wife had died and who had three children married a woman whose husband had died and who also had three children. Suddenly, six children, but despite the odds against them the two families blended amazingly well into one. Of course there were some disagreements, but there was a lot of love and respect in the family, a lot of caring within the family as a whole. Their name was Brady. Their secret, of course, was that they were not real, but only the product of television scriptwriters."
Wolf is superb at pointing out the difference between how we'd like things to be and how they really are - and how, if we continue to behave as if things were as we'd like them to be, we'll dig ourselves deeper and deeper into a hole. Only by dealing with things as they really are, can we help our children to progress through the difficult teenage years and retain our sanity and emotional balance.
The only downside of the book is that Wolf labors under the usual American neuroses about sexuality and consequently over-emphasizes the potential downside of sexual issues. Europeans will find the chapter on teenage sexual behaviors perplexingly Victorian, but that's just a seemingly inescapable attribute of all US books that touch on the topic. As always, AIDS is invoked as a potential killer but nowhere is it mentioned that if you are the child of white middle-class parents who have a health plan and you consort with people like you, your statistical probability of contracting HIV is actually only one-third of your probability of being struck by lightning. Sexually transmitted diseases are often prevalent for teens, but they are largely the sort that is cured by a week's worth of anti-biotics - hardly the end of the world unless chronic denial results in lack of prompt treatment. But no doubt the book would sell far less well if it included a more mature, and less repressed, treatment of teenage sexuality.
If you only buy one book on how to parent teenagers, let it be this one. Not only is it sensible, it's also quite funny at times - which is an immense relief to stressed parents!
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A Book Every Parent Should Read
Rating (4)
Date: 2010-06-24
Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall is not a book of quick fixes and it does not have all the answers, but it will help you understand what is going on with your teenager and why he or she is behaving in ways that could drive you to pull out your hair. When I first read this book I thought I should look for the mics and hidden cameras in our home; the book was so spot on my husband's daughter could have been the source of much of the author's information. We both read the book and found that the insights gained helped us to alter our behaviours and to develop strategies that were much more successful than what we had been doing. I recommend this book to every parent - read it before they reach the teenage years.
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Keep your sanity, love your child
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-05-24
I really needed to hear that despite the torment and surliness I was experiencing at home, my child would eventually become the person she shows her teachers and schoolmates. the author states that on the first page and I immediately relaxed. There is alot of good info on what you can and can't change about your teenager, but knowing that most of the bad stuff will pass helped me immensely.
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I feel MUCH better now!
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-04-28
This book was so helpful at making my family seem 'normal'. It's easy to read and I came away with renewed hope at getting through these next few years. Certainly worth the price.
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by (Editor: Kate Distin)
ISBN: 1843104393
Binding/Media: Paperback - 271 pages
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Book in good condition with moderate reading wear. EX LIBRARY copy. Library markings present but no further markings or imperfections.
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More info. from the book's editor
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-15
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
'Gifted Children' is written by a group of people who previously worked together for many years as volunteer counsellors for the National Association for Gifted Children in the UK.
This is the book that we needed when our children were younger. Our babies were not born with labels on their foreheads, "Gifted - Handle With Care". We were often not even sure that our children were gifted, afraid to admit they might be, and struggling to believe that we really knew them better than anyone else. What we did know was that our children seemed different from most others, and that this made us feel different too. In our isolation we had no idea that our experiences were quite normal for the families of gifted children: that we were part of a scattered community of people-like-us. It is the companionship of this community which our book hopes to provide: the reassurance that the parents, grandparents and other carers of gifted children are not on their own, that they do know their own children best, and that it is possible to find a comfortable place for giftedness in their family lives.
Our subject matter is inevitably biased towards the problems that gifted children can face. Of course this should not be taken to imply that all gifted children will face all, or even any, of these problems. It is simply that their needs are brought mostly sharply into focus by the difficulties that some do encounter. There is also plenty here about the joys and advantages of being gifted or of having a gifted child, but the brutal fact is that there would be no book if that were the only side of the story. The positives are genuine and numerous, but the negatives are what provided the impetus for writing a book to support the families of gifted children.
Our aims in writing it are to help gifted children, their families and carers (including grown-up gifted children) to learn more about what is typical or normal for gifted and talented children, to shatter some of the myths about these children and their parents, to enhance their awareness of the emotional impact of giftedness, and thus to enable gifted children and their families to live more comfortably with their giftedness, shifting their focus from its challenges to its rewards and possibilities.
We hope very much that our book might act as a primer, not only as an introduction to the subject of gifted children, but also in detonating a great explosion of confidence in parents to ask for their gifted children's needs to be met, to live more comfortably with giftedness in their family lives and to resist the pressure to deny that part of themselves or their children.
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by Louise Porter
ISBN: 0335217729
Binding/Media: Paperback - 288 pages
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No publisher marks, no creases in spine. The outside appears like new. This book is an editor's copy and has MINIMAL pencil notes in the margins. (eg. ch9, //, read pp).
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by Moyna Uddin
ISBN: 0977464717
Binding/Media: Paperback - 232 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No publisher marks, no shelf wear.
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Her Sudan Man His Circumcised Wife, Quest for the Prized American Green Card is a must read!
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-08-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is educational, entertaining, and it will not allow you to to lay it down until you are finished reading it! I read it from cover to cover in one day! This book is a must read for anyone traveling or meeting someone from a female circumcising culture to know what these women suffer as well as their husbands. The author really gets into the psyche of the man in this love triangle that he weaved to his own detrement. The resource directory in the back is so helpful for women considering to visit female circumcising countries.
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(RAW Rating: 3.5) - A woman's worth
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-06-14
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
In Sudan a woman's worth is determined by the price of her virginity. To ensure that a woman is marriageable and remains a virgin, tribal customs insist that Sudanese women be circumcised. Sudanese men are taught that a circumcised wife brings honor to the family and he in turns pays a high price to get a circumcised wife. The women are taught that it is their duty and privilege to please their husband and being a circumcised wife brings him much respect. In HER SUDAN MAN, HIS CIRCUMCISED WIFE, QUEST FOR THE PRIZED AMERICAN GREEN CARD, Moyna Uddin delves into a story where the Sudanese culture clashes with the American culture in a love triangle.
Haseem has been having a relationship with an American woman named Sonya. Going against his tribal customs of remaining a virgin until marriage, Haseem has discovered that sex with an intact (uncircumcised) woman is wonderful and he has fallen in love with her. However, he knows that he is already promised in a pre-arranged marriage to Aja, his circumcised fiancé from Egypt. He must remain loyal to his father and tribe or lose his inheritance and financial support. Sonya can also help him get the coveted American green card, which will keep him from being deported back to Africa. Haseem then sets out on a quest of deception and betrayal to honor his family and remain in America.
Moyna Uddin has written a shockingly frank story about female genital mutilation and the value of a woman's body, when her choices are not her own in a world where men dominate. She compares this to America where women have choices and the freedom to voice their concerns. Even in America, men take women for granted and it isn't because of any tribal customs. It is usually to satisfy their own selfish needs. Ms. Uddin explores both in her first work of fiction. I liked how the author used the broken English as many foreigners do to give this book a different flavor. I did, however, have trouble following the flow of the book in that it was sometimes troublesome to distinguish who was talking in the dialogue between the characters. Despite this flaw, this book is worth the investment for the education, let alone a good love triangle.
Reviewed by Brenda M. Lisbon
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
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