Introduces the theory of adult attachment as an advanced relationship science that can enable individuals to find and sustain love, offering insight into the roles of genetics and early family life in how people approach relationships.

"A sweet, honest, and uplifting tribute to the milestone of childhood and parents who are there for every win, every fall, and every goodnight kiss"--

"When professional researcher and writer Bethany Saltman gave birth to her daughter, Azalea, she loved her deeply but felt as if something was missing. Looking back at her lonely childhood, dangerous teenage years, and love-addicted early adulthood, Saltman thought maybe she was broken. Then she discovered the science of attachment, the field of psychology that explores the question of why from an evolutionary point of view love exists between parents...

For parents, teachers, counselors, and psychotherapists alike, children's physical and mental development is the cornerstone of parenting work. Not only so that they spend their childhood in the greatest possible well-being, but also so that they become adults with the necessary capacities to successfully adapt to an increasingly demanding world. For this, it is essential that we teach them to develop essential emotional capacities: that we guide...

"When Bianca appears late one night at her brother's house in Santa Ana, she is barely conscious, though not alone. Jubilee, wrapped in a fuzzy pink romper, is buckled into a car seat. Jubilee, who Bianca feeds and clothes and bathes and loves. Jubilee, who Bianca could not leave behind. Jubilee, a doll in her arms. Told in alternating points of view, Jubilee reveals both the haunting power of our lived experiences and the surreal possibility of the...

Profiles women who love and even marry men who are in jail for murder, revealing the women's remarkable capacity for denial that makes the killer their ultimate ideal.