Stepmonster
Subtitle: a new look at why real stepmothers think, feel, and act the way we do
By: Wednesday Martin.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780618758197
Subjects: Stepmothers; Parent and child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A wall of one's own : becoming a stepmother; title: "She's such a witch!" : fairy tale history and the stepmothering script; title: "You're not my mother!" : why we become evil when we marry men with children; title: "You're not my child!" : jealousy, anger, and resentment; title: Him : understanding your husband; title: Your marriage; title: Evolutionary biology : what the birds, the bees, and the white-fronted bee eaters can teach us about stepmothering; title: Stepmothers world-wide : anthropology, attachment, context; title: Sadness and depression : understanding the risk factors; title: Women with adult stepchildren : lessons from "lifers".