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Nature's Masterpiece: A Family Survival Book (Paperback)

by Libby Purves (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 378 pages
  • Publisher: Coronet (5 Oct 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340751363
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340751367
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 652,128 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Libby Purves draws on the experiences of her previous books, How Not to be a Perfect Family and How Not to Raise a Perfect Child, to bring us Nature's Masterpiece: A Family Survival Book, a book that extends beyond the boundaries of perfect parenting and examines the realities of being the grown-up in a relationship.

From the challenges that confront today's parents--computer games, drugs, alcohol, depression--to finding a balance between the protective and the over-protective, Purves' essays on the nature of the family in a modern world are delivered with brevity, good humour and a prevalent common-sense that sensitively avoids preaching and advice-giving. Instead, Purves dishes out sound ideas on juggling family life in a world that seems intent on making things difficult, whether facing up to life as a single parent or struggling to come to terms with coupledom-plus-kids.

From bad language and discipline to pets and parties, from nursery tales and one-up-mums to quibbling siblings and marriage maintenance, Purves hits home in this snappy, dip-into book that will draw sighs of relief, giggles of gratitude and a general all-round thank you from any parent on the search for a little support and common sense. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'peppered with good anecdotes . . . reams of good-natured meandering. . . chummy prose . . . useful nuggets.'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Libby's Masterpiece!, 22 Mar 2000
This review is from: Nature's Masterpiece (Paperback)
What a wonderful book, carefully guiding you throughout stages without preaching or judging. I spend my life guilt ridden as a mother of two and have hung my head in shame on recognising some of myself in her "mother personality types" and congratulated myself on the areas in which I am "not guilty". I find childcare books heavy going after a day with children and steer towards escapist novels however I am totally rivetted on this occasion and ironically have been shoving my 3 year old in front of a video in order to carry on reading! Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best childcare/family life book ever written., 29 April 2002
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Libby Purves has written a book about children and family dynamics that manages to be opinionated without being proscriptive. Free of psychobabble and other nonsense, her down-to-earth approach to family life is well-balanced, informative and sensitive. Reading this book is like having coffee with a trusted friend. She never patronises and does not wrap her prose up in the twee cliches that I have come to expect in other books of the genre. Thoroughly recommended. Buy lots and give to every parent you know.
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