![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What is the relationship between these two facts? As Jean Piaget wrote: 'The child explains the adult far more than the reverse.' "The Descent of Child" looks at evolution from the child's point of view - from conception and the development of the foetus to birth, child rearing and parental roles. Yet, in the five million years in which the growing power of 'Homo sapiens' has enabled us to dominate the planet, our babies have become increasingly helpless, immature and vulnerable. Infants, like women, have been there throughout our evolutionary history, their well-being equally vital to species survival. points out the dangers of focusing too much attention of single age group - adults. came as a reminder - much needed at the time - that no account of the 'Emergence of Man, ' could afford to confine its attentions to one sex without falling into serious errors. "In 1972 Elaine Morgan's first book, 'The Descent of Woman, '. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He did get response c eventually and the result was the wildly popular The Tao of Pooh. Whether Ben Hoff’s agent got either reaction aor b when his first book on the Tao was pitched, I am uncertain. Sometimes a book captures the zeitgeist despite the fact that the elevator pitch might make a decision maker either a) shrug the shoulders in indifference or b) dismiss the pitch as “won’t generate revenue” or “already done.” Of course, there might be the rare occasion when response c) “intriguing – let’s run some numbers” occurs. Because we all know, the meaning of life is how much money anyone’s actions are capable of generating. ![]() The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff (image courtesy Goodreads)Īs I make my way through Anne Bronte’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (which has proven to be a slower read than I’d hoped), I offer here a review of one of the sort of books that proliferated beginning back in the 1980’s once the conglomerates got hold of publishing and began looking for “hits”: books that would find success through a clever writer’s ability to find “buzz.” That elusive quality called “buzz” has nothing to do with a book offering anything of value – it has everything to do with a book being able to capture cultural zeitgeist – and, as a result, generate big sales numbers. ![]() ![]() ![]() And even the perfect kids seem to be Chasing Normal too. That even though she and her dad aren’t a conventional family and aren’t rich and don’t go to church they are incredibly lucky to have each other and to have love. But as the summer progresses and Mieka learns a thing or two about herself hey, she can actually learn to enjoy herself at camp, even if it is Bible camp and she happens to be a bit chubbier than every other camper there and her family members she realizes that there’s no such thing as normal. She’s blond, beautiful, fit, friendly, popular and practically perfect. Aunt Kate stays at home with the kids where IS Mieka’s mom anyway?, Uncle Dave wears a suit to work, cousin Mark is a genius and Greta well, she’s Mieka’s age but that’s where the similarity ends. It’s all too much to handle, especially when she has to stay with her Aunt Kate’s family. Lisa was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and now lives with her. ![]() Her first hardcover novel, SIXTH-GRADE GLOMMERS, NORKS, AND ME, was named one of the best books of the year by. ![]() She tells Mieka she’s fat, frumpy, and basically unwanted. About the author (2008) Lisa Papademetriou is the author of the Candy Apple books HOW TO BE A GIRLY GIRL IN JUST TEN DAYS and ACCIDENTALLY FABULOUS. Grandma Baker isn’t just brutally honest, she’s brutal. It’s tough enough that her mom left a few years ago and that her artist dad decorates the house solely with ‘treasures’ from the ‘vintage’ store read: all their furniture is made out of plastic but it’s just too much when Mieka and her dad have to leave Boston to go to spend the summer with her sick grandmother in Texas someone Mieka has never met. ![]() |