Best Selling Books by Jennifer Senior

A Pulitzer Prize–winning portrait of one family’s search for meaning in the face of unspeakable loss. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytelling from the magazine’s 165-year archive. In this Pulitzer Prize–winning work, Jennifer Senior explores the contours of grief through one family’s twenty-year reckoning with the loss of their son, Bobby McIlvaine Jr., on September 11, 2001. Devastating and expansive, Senior’s portrait examines her own relationship with the McIlvaine family alongside intimate scenes of both mourning and recovery experienced by Bobby’s mother, father, younger brother, and soon-to-be fiancée. On Grief generously asks us what it means to consider grief, both personal and national, as an ongoing project.

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents'' lives, whether it''s their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today''s mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources—in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology—she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood''s deepest vexations—and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture''s most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today—and tomorrow.

Diamo per scontato che avere figli ci renderà più felici, ma è da alcuni anni che tutti gli studi dimostrano che è esattamente il contrario: un risultato che fa gridare allo scandalo, ma in cui è difficile non riconoscersi. Essere genitori non è mai stato facile, ma oggi sembra esserlo ancora meno: i cambiamenti degli ultimi decenni hanno infatti trasformato nel profondo un''esperienza che è diventata via via più frustrante e impegnativa. A ben guardare, essere genitori felici o soddisfatti ha molto a che vedere con la capacità di accettare la diversità e la libertà dei propri figli. Al contrario l''ansia e la frustrazione derivano dal tentativo, comune ma pur sempre disperato perché impossibile, di controllare ciò che è di per sé incontrollabile e imprevedibile, che sia la propria vita o quella di un''altra persona. Jennifer Senior entra nel vivo del dibattito sull''infelicità crescente del genitore moderno, per arricchirlo con la sua esperienza personale e indicare una nuova prospettiva. Con l''aiuto delle più recenti ricerche sul tema, e attraverso i racconti di madri e padri, ci spiega come prendere coscienza del cambiamento, parlare, confrontarsi e sperimentare nuovi metodi educativi. Un libro coraggioso e molto onesto che mette in discussione il mito della "famiglia felice", in cui per la prima volta si sposta il fuoco dell''indagine e ci si chiede in che misura i figli incidano sulla vita dei genitori.

Er is veel geschreven over wat ouders hun kinderen aandoen. Maar wat is het effect van kinderen op hun ouders? Jennifer Senior onderzoekt wat moderne opvoeders zo ingewikkeld vinden aan hun leven. Vanuit een brede invalshoek schrijft ze over verwachtingen, de onduidelijke taakverdeling tussen man en vrouw, maar vooral over de veranderde status van het kind en de hoge druk die ouders voelen om het gelukkig te maken. Nauwgezet onderzocht, verhalend opgeschreven, herkenbaar en vermakelijk: Maar je krijgt er zoveel voor terug is een hart onder de riem voor ouders van nu. Met een voorwoord van Christien Brinkgreve

Korean edition of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood. What is the meaning of happiness in becoming a parent and raising a child? Journalist Jennifer Senior analyzes how children shape their parents'' lives with the lenses of history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology, mixing traditional travails and tribulation and modern challenges and rewards. In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

São muitos os manuais para a educação dos filhos e os livros que alertam para a influência dos pais sobre suas crianças, mas poucas obras se dedicam a pensar quais são os efeitos das crianças na vida dos adultos. A premiada jornalista norte-americana Jennifer Senior faz essa reflexão de maneira brilhante em Muita alegria, pouca diversão, que mescla uma pesquisa aprofundada a partir de fontes como História, Sociologia, Economia, Psicologia, Filosofia e Antropologia a relatos de famílias comuns. Examinando as expectativas, pressões e angústias que recaem sobre quem tem filhos atualmente, a autora desmistifica o imaginário romântico da maternidade e da paternidade a partir de flagrantes dos momentos mais difíceis e também das melhores recompensas da vida com filhos, com um texto honesto e agradável.