Happy Families?

by Chris Buckton

Published 23 October 2008
This collection offers a richly diverse range of texts about families in all their variety, in good times and bad times, now and in the past, and reflects a wide range of cultures and settings. They are arranged in four themed sections: Celebration and security, Conflict and confusion, Change and uncertainty and History and continuity. The collection includes texts by Anne Fine, David Crystal, Shyama Perera, Jackie Kay, Seamus Heaney and Thomas Hardy.