The Complete Book of Mothers-in-Law
eBook - ePub

The Complete Book of Mothers-in-Law

A Celebration

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eBook - ePub

The Complete Book of Mothers-in-Law

A Celebration

About this book

Most of us either have a mother-in-law or will be one, and it's not a role most women take on gladly. Mothers-in-law are traditionally the butt of jokes, declared to be nasty, possessive and interfering - but are they really as bad as this reputation suggests? Luisa Dillner looks beyond the stereotype of the mother-in-law and finds they come in many different varieties, from loveable and loyal to lonely, ferocious and scheming. She traces their history, from Ancient Greece and Rome to modern times, through fairy tales and traditions, in this celebration of this most complicated of relationships.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9780571248216
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Prologue: My Mother-in-law Maggie
  6. Chapter One: Mothers-in-law: an Essential History
  7. Chapter Two: Mothers-in-law in Different Cultures
  8. Chapter Three: Motherly Mothers-in-law
  9. Chapter Four: Royal and Presidential Mothers-in-law
  10. Chapter Five: Mixed Feelings about Mothers-in-law
  11. Chapter Six: Mothers-in-law who Took a Stand
  12. Chapter Seven: Mad, Bad and Scheming Mothers-in-law
  13. Chapter Eight: Fairy-tale Mothers-in-law
  14. Chapter Nine: Mother-in-law-Baiting
  15. Chapter Ten: Racy Mothers-in-law
  16. Chapter Eleven: Mothers-in-law on the Web
  17. Chapter Twelve: How to be a Good Mother-in-Law
  18. Acknowledgements
  19. About the Author
  20. In the Same Series
  21. Copyright