The Accordion Family
Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition
Boston : Beacon Press, 2012.
Format: Book
Description: xxiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Explores the rising number of adult children who are living with their parents and the cultural and political response to this trend in a variety of countries.
Contents:
The slippery state of adulthood -- Why are accordion families spreading? -- In-house adulthood -- I'm ok, you are not -- When the nest doesn't empty -- Trouble in paradise -- The birth dearth and the "immigrant menace".
Subjects:
Competition, International.
Parent and adult child.
Adult children -- Family relationships.
Competition, International.
Parent and adult child.
Adult children -- Family relationships.
ISBN:
0807007439
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
FAMILY New | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.