WORLDS OF PAIN Life in the working-Class Family
by Lillian B. Rubin
Category: Business & Economics

The classic that is widely acknowledged to be the most valuable and insightful book ever written on the dynamics of working-class family life by a renowned sociologist, psychotherapist, and bestselling author.One of the most devastating critiques of contemporary American life that I have read.--Michael B. Katz Professor of History, York UniversityThis is a sensitive and compassionate portrayal of childhood, marriage, and adult life among the hard-working not-quite poor. It is an important contribution to our understanding of ourselves.--Robert S. Weiss, author of Marital Separation