Families As We Are: Conversations from Around the World
A journalist, former Peace Corps director, and consultant with  the United Nations and other international organizations, Huston  brings grace and energy reminiscent of Studs Terkel's works to  this collection of interviews with ordinary families around the  world. Huston spoke with hundreds of families in Egypt, China,  Thailand, Japan, the United States, and more, some of whom are  prosperous but many more who live in poverty, reflecting the  imbalance of wealth around the world. The interviews are  organized under broad themes such as changing communities,  gender equality, childhood, environment, health, and education.  The edited remarks are candid and richly detailed, presenting  vivid images of families in tragic circumstances and of their  strength and hope in the midst of change. Although the  connection between each interview and the chapter's theme is not  always perfectly clear, these stories are an important  contribution to collections on the family, multiculturalism,  international policy, and sociology. For public and academic  libraries. Paula R. Dempsey, DePaul Univ., ChicagoCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.