Family Matters

Galesburg, IL, U.S.A.: Cherry Street Publishers, 2000. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A rich array of engaging characters relate in traditional and emerging family patterns, examining and redefining this most fundamental committment. Family Matters. The bereavement of Barry Byrnes and his wife, Alex; the struggle of their daughter and daughter-in-law to establish a meaningful existence; the values and social contexts of t heir respective parents and those of their most cherished "other" are explored with revealing insight. All this, played out against a spectrum of today's work-place demands. From techno-trained, com pu ter-savvy Barry Byrnes about to sustain forced retirement, to Union leaders Jamie McClintock and Paul Doran, struggling to save a century-old factory in the heart of the lovely Chesapeake Bay area wit h a hopeful worker buyout, we collide against mutually opposing economic forces rampant in our present system..