The American Family: Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong

New. New Ships From Canada Sewn binding Paper over boards Audience: General/trade From Kirkus Reviews: With psychologist Medved (The Case Against Divorce, not reviewed, etc ), Quayle reboots the controversy stirred by his 1992 speech that included criticism of the television character Murphy Brown The vice president faulted Brown for ``mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another `lifestyle choice ' '' Quayle continues the argument here, defending family values via five affirmative profiles of families Quayle writes in support of strong, ``intact'' families, meaning families with a father present Nevertheless, the families interviewed for this book include one headed by a divorced mother of five children who illustrates the important role community and support networks can play The other families are ethnically and economically diverse, ranging from Caucasian farm owners in rural Virginia to a Hispanic family in East Los Angeles, African-Amer