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Becoming a mother charts the diverse and complex history of Australian mothering for the first time, exposing the ways it has been both connected to and distinct from parallel developments in other industrialised societies. In many respects, the historical context in which Australian women come to motherhood has changed dramatically since 1945. And yet examination of the memories of multiple maternal generations reveals surprising continuities in the emotions and experiences of first-time motherhood. Drawing upon interdisciplinary insights from anthropology, history, psychology and sociology, Carla Pascoe Leahy unpacks this multifaceted rite of passage through more than 60 oral history interviews, demonstrating how maternal memories continue to influence motherhood today. Despite radical shifts in understandings of gender, care and subjectivity, becoming a mother remains one of the most personally and culturally significant moments in a woman's life.
A book that shows the surprising overlap in childrearing methods between the mother of an Olympic gold medalist and a mother who got four children into the University of Tokyo School of Medicine, along with what’s more important than gold medals and elite universities. ＜Contents＞ Shuko Uchimura is mother to Olympic gold-medal gymnast Kohei Uchimura and a gymnast herself. Ryoko Sato is famous as the mother who got all four of her children into the University of Tokyo School of Medicine. While sports and academics are seemingly completely different fields, there are remarkable similarities between their approaches to childrearing: “start early education as early as possible,” “lavish your children with praise,” “never say ‘later’!” etc. Two Japanese “super moms” give 42 points of advice regarding how to maximize your children’s talents.
To obtain a foundation for happiness, we only need to understand the rules of this new era and make the right decisions at the right time. That’s the strategy to life. ＜Contents＞ This book on life strategies for a new era is the first work for young readers by bestselling author and Shinsho Taisho prize winner (for his Unspeakable) Akira Tachibana. There is a strategy to life, he insists, a way of living in this new era by which anyone can attain work, money, and happiness. ＜Excerpted Table of Contents＞ Introduction: There’s a strategy to life The World, Part 1: Life is a role-playing game • Why are the children of wealthy people unhappy? • Life is a tale Etc. The World, Part 2: You create “yourself” among your friends • You only make friends at school • Differences in character and finding yourself Etc. The World, Part 3: The rule for making what you love your job • Childrearing doesn’t have large effect on children’s lives • Companies are tools for making their employees happy Etc. The Strategy, Part 1: Money • Freedom means being able to say no to things you hate • A society in which anyone can become rich Etc. The Strategy, Part 2: Work • The “salaryman” is an endangered species, its only habitat being Japan • Nobody hates their company more than a “salaryman” • Becoming rich in “lukewarm Japan” Etc. The Strategy, Part 3: Love and Friendship • “Happiness capital” determines your life • Life strategies for the coming times Etc. Conclusion: Hints for a happy life
A travel memoir about memory, money, myopia, and men. At twenty-three, Lizzie leaves her native New Zealand to work for VIP billionaires in a remote oil-rich oasis. Legally forbidden to talk about her employers, she calls their country 'Xamnesia.' The place has its perks, such as hugging Michael Jackson and receiving diamond watches, but it's also a rabbit hole that quells a gal's self-confidence.Even transferred to Paris, she depends on champagne, cigarettes, and hotel concierges on speed dial to help fulfill all VIP requests. Will smuggling a million dollars be what snaps her out of her fog? And can she forge a real life after so many years in 'Xamnesia'?. An illuminating, no-holds-barred memoir about about ping-ponging around the world in search of yourself.
Women who cling to toxic relationships. How to recognize the syndrome and tips to overcome it. Includes a Sticky Girl quiz.
Disaster, biological warfare, environmental catastrophe, and resistance to hegemony. No, it’s not a description of 2020; it’s Andrew Yeh’s science fiction collection, GREEN MONKEY SYNDROME. Originally published in 1987 and has never gone out of print, these stories reflect a dystopian future so resonant with our own, it is almost like they came out yesterday. Set in a fictional East Asia, the four stories narrate the struggles of the tiny island nation of Buron to resist the onslaught of its much bigger neighbor, Garsia, via any means necessary. “Green Monkey Syndrome” describes the disaster of a pathogenic weapon leaked among indigenous tribespeople; “The Gaoka Case” tracks through case files a pharmaceutical offensive designed to take advantage of the enemy’s patriarchal culture; “I Love Thee Winona” and “The Lost Bird” describe campaigns to manipulate disastrous weather patterns and deliver bio-weapons through migrating birds. These stories, fortified by the author’s own extensive research, paint a picture of transnational warfare and brutal environmental imbalance that will chill the blood of anyone who has been reading this year’s news. Yeh’s surgically precise language and compelling narratives read like 1984 meets BRAVE NEW WORLD meets the front page of the New York Times.
