Happy Families - Jensen, Marion C.
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With her preschoolers gone for the day, Julie's classroom was peaceful and orderly - words that didn't describe her life. Devoted as she is to her work, a privately-run co-operative is its own little world. In it Julie often finds herself threading a hazardous path through parental games and conflicting wants. She tries to be a peacemaker but the 1984 economic recession stresses families in the school and mirrors global unrest. Is peace possible? Julie is only twenty-four and she has been enforcing the rules of the preschool association. She supervises the children but the parents supervise…mehr

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With her preschoolers gone for the day, Julie's classroom was peaceful and orderly - words that didn't describe her life. Devoted as she is to her work, a privately-run co-operative is its own little world. In it Julie often finds herself threading a hazardous path through parental games and conflicting wants. She tries to be a peacemaker but the 1984 economic recession stresses families in the school and mirrors global unrest. Is peace possible? Julie is only twenty-four and she has been enforcing the rules of the preschool association. She supervises the children but the parents supervise her. She needs to become a stronger leader. As for her personal life, she has a great guy in wildlife biologist, Luke. But she also has a deep-seated fear of replicating her parents' disastrous relationship. Here too she will have to show greater strength of character. Happy Families is a rich feast juxtaposing the West Coast's vast wilderness with the boundaries and rules of a preschool world. Julie is a woman coming to terms with both past and present in her quest to achieve personal and professional happiness.
Autorenporträt
Marion Jensen lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and dog. She has boated in Desolation Sound and loves the wild beauty of that part of British Columbia. She also enjoys domestic pursuits like gardening and playing with her grandchildren, and, of course, reading. She has lived in Victoria for forty-three years, a transplant from Ontario. Numerous rainy winters have not dampened her appreciation of the west coast's wonderful mild climate and year-round outdoor activities.