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- catalog abstract ""Elizabeth Stone weaves her own family stories among the stories of more than a hundred people of all backgrounds, ages, and regions, providing ways to interpret our own stories and their roles in our lives. She examines stories of birth, death, work, money, and romance, and she shows how stories about our most ancient ancestors may provide guidance at milestone moments, as well as how stories about our newest family members carve out places for them."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13243830.
- catalog coverage "United States Genealogy Folklore.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Elizabeth Stone weaves her own family stories among the stories of more than a hundred people of all backgrounds, ages, and regions, providing ways to interpret our own stories and their roles in our lives. She examines stories of birth, death, work, money, and romance, and she shows how stories about our most ancient ancestors may provide guidance at milestone moments, as well as how stories about our newest family members carve out places for them."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254).".
- catalog description "Introduction -- -- Part I -- Family stories and the family -- Chapter 1 -- Family ground rules -- Chapter 2 -- Family definitions -- Chapter 3 -- Family monument -- Chapter 4 -- Underground rules -- Chapter 5 -- Family myths -- -- Part II -- Family stories and the world -- Chapter 6 -- The pecking order and how to survive it -- Chapter 7 -- Of money, self-worth, and lost fortunes -- -- Part III -- Family stories and the individual -- Chapter 8 -- Legacies -- Chapter 9 -- Fairy godmothers and patron saints -- Chapter 10 -- In pursuit of freedom.".
- catalog extent "xxvi, 254 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "076580588X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers,".
- catalog spatial "United States Genealogy Folklore.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "398/.355 22".
- catalog subject "Families United States Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Families United States Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "GR105 .S76 2004".
- catalog subject "Genealogy United States Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Tales United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- -- Part I -- Family stories and the family -- Chapter 1 -- Family ground rules -- Chapter 2 -- Family definitions -- Chapter 3 -- Family monument -- Chapter 4 -- Underground rules -- Chapter 5 -- Family myths -- -- Part II -- Family stories and the world -- Chapter 6 -- The pecking order and how to survive it -- Chapter 7 -- Of money, self-worth, and lost fortunes -- -- Part III -- Family stories and the individual -- Chapter 8 -- Legacies -- Chapter 9 -- Fairy godmothers and patron saints -- Chapter 10 -- In pursuit of freedom.".
- catalog title "Black sheep and kissing cousins : how our family stories shape us / Elizabeth Stone ; with a new introduction by the author.".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".