Judith Viorst, Viorst

Imperfect Control

Our Lifelong Struggles with Power and Surrender

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Produktbeschreibung

In this magnificent follow-up to her bestselling "Necessary Losses", Viorst explores the need to control events, ourselves, and those around us.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Free Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9780684848143
• ISBN-10: 0684848147
• Artikelnr.: 21197051

Autorenporträt

Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety. She lives in Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
1 How Free to Be?
2 The Taste of Control
3 Taking Possession of Ourselves
4 The Power of Sex
5 Who Controls the Couple?
6 Permanent Parenthood
7 Bossing and Being Bossed
8 Victims and Survivors
9 Varieties of Surrender
10 In Control of Our Death
Last Words
Notes and Elaborations
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index