When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel and Theo are attacked by men from RAGE - the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering - they are rescued by strangers and taken to meet a mysterious figure who leads them to make startling discoveries about their identities, which will affect their past, present, and future in dramatic and life-altering ways...

Shares the consequences of parents' inability to love their offspring in a story of neglect, avoidance, and banishment spanning three generations

For this family, ghosts are the least of their problems. Cass is a monster hunter. She always has been and always will be. So are her sisters, they just haven’t accepted it yet. So when Cass gets the call that her parents have gone missing, she roars into town, guns loaded. But there’s something going on in this sleepy little town that she hasn’t seen before. People are going missing. It’s not a full moon, there are no hexes, and the EMF is dead. With more people disappearing every night, Cassidy and her sisters must find the monster before it kills the whole town. But what can take people without a trace? What if it’s not a monster at all? And most importantly, where are their parents? This is a monster-hunting thrill ride filled with sharp teeth, bloody claws, and things that go bump in the night. Buy now to join the hunt!

In a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of this classic text and reference, published by Plenum in 1987, the editors have assembled a distinguished group of contributors to address such topics as past, present, and future perspectives on family diversity; theory and methods of the family; changing family patterns and roles; the family and other institutions; and family dynamics and processes.