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Families of Two
by Laura Carroll
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (2000-09-21)
ISBN: 0738822620
EAN: 9780738822624
Dewy Decimal #: 306
Paperback: 204 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 08030381
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Trade Paperback. Very Good plus condition with no markings. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine or cover. Minor wear to cover and slight soiling on bottom edge. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice, takes us into the lives of the growing number of couples who are choosing not to have children, and dispels the myths commonly associated with this choice. Families of Two provides insight for couples who are deciding whether to have children, and to friends and family of couples who have chosen or may choose not to have children. It celebrates the many people who are living lives that do not include parenthood, and the many ways to live happily ever after.
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Customer Reviews
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Mediocre
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-09-28
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Laura Carroll's book "Families of Two" is a book full of interviews with a diverse group of couples. This aspect of the book was interesting - getting to hear about different perspectives on not starting a family. Despite this, I don't think I'll read the book again. It's not an informative book, just one full of different view points with no answer or suggestions for anything.
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Families of two
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-09-05
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
An interesting look into an underserved topic, but a very small sample. I began wondering what childless couples that didn't stay married would have said in their survey. Certainly an enjoyable book and thought provoking.
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a keeper
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-09-01
30 out of 33 customers found this reveiw helpful
I read this book from the library and liked it so much, I've decided to buy it. I found the 13-page introduction intriguing, where she summarizes her findings. The points that she makes resonated with the discussions that my husband and I have had about having children. In her introduction, she states that most of the interviewees are from California, New York, and Connecticut. While I found that I did not relate completely to some of their lifestyles because I'm in the Midwest, I enjoyed their answers to questions about whether to have children - and I marveled at how we can all be different and yet have much the same thoughts and feelings. I definitely recommend this book. I have been married for 10 years, and it was encouraging to me to read interviews of people who have been happily married for 25, 30, 35 years, etc. without children.
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Not like us after all
Rating (3)
Date: 2002-05-31
100 out of 116 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was hoping to find that the couples, in this book, were alot like my husband and I. Just ordinary people doing something a little different. But these couples seemed to have cornered the market on degrees, phds and compassion (especially w/ children). We are not like the "hippie" "do-gooder" "aura watching" people in this book. I would have liked the author to have found a more diverse group especially in age and income.
We have dogs and cats (our children)and I would have liked to find some animal lovers in this bunch. Where were all the down-to-earth, average people? It was sad to find that these people are not like us after all. Maybe I should just have kids... nah there is that whole diaper thing.
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A little hippie-dippy
Rating (3)
Date: 2002-03-29
57 out of 67 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am considering not having kids, and with the dearth of info out there on this, I ordered this book. It's worth reading and valid, but I wonder if the author could've picked more of a variety of people. The folks in these pages are sort of hippie throwbacks, and it made me feel like there are no couples out there like my husband and I-young urban dwellers considering the no-kids life! These people all seem to be hot-tubbing, commune-living weirdos, which is not what I think all childfree folks are. Could be broader in scope, I guess.
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