Family Harmony: Coping with Your ""Challenging"" Relatives
Denise Lang. Prentice Hall, $18.95 (258pp) ISBN 978-0-13-574336-2
A panoply of approaches to healing familial strife is offered in this plain-talking self-help guide. Using nomenclature coined by family therapists, Lang ( The Phantom Spouse ) examines the influence our family members have on our approaches to coping with other stresses in our lives. In a gathering of family stories of conflicts and feuds, recognizable themes and personalities illustrate the author's suggestions for ``building bridges'' to transcend obstacles. Lang, a journalist, conducted interviews for this study and consulted professionals from various fields in support of her feeling and humorous approaches to the tenuous business of achieving family harmony. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 08/01/1990
Genre: Nonfiction