Sociology: family & relationships

  • Far From The Tree

    £30.00

    Most forms of identity within families are passed on from one generation to the next, but less explored are ‘horizontal identities’, those shared across communities between people with an uncommon trait. Andrew Solomon spoke to 200 families to record their experience of topics including dwarfism, deafness, transgender, prodigies, and more.

  • Grayson Perry

    £9.99

    Grayson Perry, the controversial winner of the 2003 Turner prize is one of Britain’s most talented and provocative artists. In this funny and unsettling biography, Wendy Jones tells the story of his childhood and youth, until at last, in his early twenties, he steps out as a potter and transvestite.

  • New Father

    £12.99

    Brott charts the physical, intellectual, verbal and emotional changes the child is going through, provides suggestions for activities suitable for each stage, and covers such issues as saving for a child’s future and how to choose child care.