This is a practical guide for step-parents to help them in the difficult process of forging relationships with another person's children. It offers sensible and practical advice for dealing with conflicts and the inevitable jealousies which arise in this complex relationship (especially when preceded by divorce). The book also covers issues such as discipline, financial contribution, responsibility for welfare, decision-making on lifestyle, and understanding boundaries. It features "live" case studies to illustrate the advice given.

The Step-Parent's Survival Guide: Positive Advice for Achieving a Successful Step-Family

Politics & Social Sciences

Boyd, Hilary

Social Sciences

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

'I feel blessed that I have been able to bear children, but I'll be honest with you: I'm no earth mother. I did not spend my pregnancy pottering about in a kaftan with an ecstatic expression on my face. I suffer from terrible morning (noon and night) sickness, I get acne, I get quite depressed, and rather large. I would've killed for a book that gave me, the mum, some survival strategies for looking and feeling good about myself during pregnancy and in the first few weeks of being a mother, but I found they were all about my and the baby's health. So I had to work out my own plan to feel happy, healthy and gorgeous. And here it is!' Mel Sykes Blooming Beautiful is divided into two sections, Big and Beautiful and Yummy Mummies. In each part Melanie and Hilary give fantastic advice on looking good, fitness and vitality, healthy eating and understanding emotions. Interweaved with Melanie's sometimes hilarious, sometimes incredibly touching observations from her own pregnancy, this is the guide mums-to-be have all been hoping for. From simply finding the right bra, to changing your shampoo, to being prepared for the whirlwind of hormone-induced emotions, Blooming Beautiful is packed with all the information Miriam missed out!

Blooming Beautiful

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Sykes, Melanie

Women's Health

Michael, Joseph

This book helps readers identify the various causes of low energy, whether stemming from specific medical problems or general lifestyle issues such as improper diet or environmental pollution. The author also examines psychological causes that sometimes underlie low energy problems, then guides readers through a range of therapies and regimens based on both conventional and alternative medicine. The rapidly growing selection of Options for Health titles each present sound advice on health and fitness. Books in this series cover virtually all medical viewpoints, including conventional medicine, holistic healthcare, herbal remedies, new findings from nutritional scientists, and a variety of long-established, widely accepted therapies. Approximately 40 color photos and illustrations in each book.

Boosting Your Energy (Options for Health)

Barrons Educational Series. Inc.

Thursdays in the Park. Hilary Boyd

Romance

Contemporary

Quercus

Annie Delancey is happily married, in her early 50s, with three grown children. But Annie guards a dark secret. At age 18 she had a baby boy, and gave him up for adoption. She still thinks of him every day. Then, out of the blue, she receives an official-looking letter from Kent Social Services. Her son, Daniel, wants to make contact. On one hand she is overjoyed - she longs to meet him. On the other, she has never told her children that they have another sibling. Tangled Lives follows the effect this revelation has on her family, as, with Daniel as the catalyst, a few small tears in the family fabric suddenly gape wide.

Tangled Lives. Hilary Boyd

The Letter

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Penguin

The Anniversary

Parenting & Relationships

Family Relationships

Penguin Uk

Connie McCabe longs for the summer where she spends the days leading tours across the continent. But it's on the glamourous shores of Lake Como where she is truly swept away after a much younger man named Jared, falls for her. Despite resisting his advances Connie finds that he's got under her skin. And so begins a long, hot, intoxicating summer where Connie succumbs and breaks her marriage vows. At the end of the season Connie returns home to her husband, wanting to put this affair behind her. But Jared has other ideas. . .

The Affair: Escape to Lake Como with this year’s most intoxicating and emotionally gripping read

Literary

The Hidden Truth: The gripping and suspenseful story of love, heartbreak and one devastating confession

Dramas & Plays

From the bestselling author of "Thursdays in the Park "comes a tense, emotional drama about what happens to a family when a secret is kept hidden, and a stranger is suddenly introduced into the dynamic. Annie Delancey is happily married, in her early 50s, with three grown children. But Annie guards a secret. At age nineteen she had a baby boy and gave him up for adoption. She still thinks of him every day. One day she receives a letter from Kent Social Services; her son Daniel wants to make contact. A part of her is overjoyed--she longs to meet him. But another part fears what this revelation will do to her family, none of whom know about her past.When Daniel is introduced to Annie's family, a few small tears in the family fabric suddenly gape wide, and the impact of is greater than she could have ever imagined.

Tangled Lives (Thorndike Press Large Print Women's Fiction)

Thorndike Press

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