Young People in Love and in Hate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781849050555)

This book is about boyfriends and girlfriends - getting them, keeping them and moving on from them. Young people put enormous energy into these processes: they worry, they hope, they conspire and they cry because, in a sense, having a boyfriend or girlfriend is about much more than just having a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Using dozens of recognisable vignettes, Luxmoore movingly describes his work with young people. In particular, he explores the dramatic conflict between young people's loving and hating as they move from the intimacy of relationships with parents to relationships with boyfriends and girlfriends, frantically negotiating sex and sexuality, the meaning of love, faithfulness and unfaithfulness and many other issues vital to the adults these young people will become.

The book will be essential reading for professionals and parents struggling with the ferocity of young people's feelings where 'I love you!' and 'I hate you!' are never far apart.

Author: Nick Luxmoore
ISBN-10: 1849050554
ISBN-13: 9781849050555
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2009
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 12