My Father Married Your Mother Dispatches from the Blended Family [Paperback]

Eye-opening essays by esteemed writers about the rich and complicated lives of American stepfamilies: with the U.S. divorce rate hovering around 50 percent, most people recognize remarriage as a now-familiar occurrence. And remarriage often means stepfathers, -mothers, -brothers, and -sisters, and the formation of a new type ofEloquent, often deeply moving testimonials to the trials and rewards, the unanticipated emotions and unexpected self-discoveries that may await steppeople....An unmistakable, unapologetic warts-and-all rebuke to the lecturing legions of busybody marriage fetishists and anti-divorce activists: Step happens.Enticing....Certain to stir discussion and deserving of a wide readership, this book reveals the human side of the ever-changing idea of family. [Includes] a take on just about every version of a newly extended family....Stellar.