Government bureaucracies across the globe have become increasingly attuned in recent years to cultural diversity within their populations. Using culture as a category to process people and dispense services, however, can create its own problems and unintended consequences. In No Family Is an Island, a comparative ethnography of Samoan migrants living in the United States and New Zealand, Ilana Gershon investigates how and when the categories "cultural" and "acultural" become relevant for Samoans as they encounter cultural differences in churches, ritual exchanges, welfare offices, and community-based organizations. In both New Zealand and the United States, Samoan migrants are minor minorities in an ethnic constellation dominated by other minority groups. As a result, they often find themselves in contexts where the challenge is not to establish the terms of the debate but to rewrite them. To navigate complicated and often unyielding bureaucracies, they must become skilled in what Gershon calls "reflexive engagement" with the multiple social orders they inhabit. Those who are successful are able to parlay their own cultural expertise (their "Samoanness") into an ability to subtly alter the institutions with which they interact in their everyday lives. Just as the "cultural" is sometimes constrained by the forces exerted by acultural institutions, so too can migrant culture reshape the bureaucracies of their new countries. Theoretically sophisticated yet highly readable, No Family Is an Island contributes significantly to our understanding of the modern immigrant experience of making homes abroad.

In **"Island Within the Family,"( a continuation from unwanted wife)** Whiteman delves into the isolating experience of feeling like an outsider within one's own family. This narrative captures the struggles of individuals who, despite being surrounded by loved ones, feel a deep sense of alienation. Through relatable characters and emotive storytelling, Whiteman explores the complexities of family dynamics, communication barriers, and the quest for belonging and acceptance. General Keywords: 1. Marriage Loneliness 2. Emotional Disconnection in Marriage 3. Overcoming Loneliness in Marriage 4. Rekindling Intimacy in Marriage 5. Marriage Counseling 6. Relationship Advice for Married Couples 7. Busy Marriage Solutions 8. Reconnecting with Your Spouse 9. Strengthening Marriage Bonds 10. Improving Communication in Marriage Specific Keywords 1. Sources of Loneliness in Marriage 2. Impact of External Pressures on Marriage 3. Internal Struggles in Relationships 4. Strategies to Overcome Loneliness in Marriage 5. Reclaiming Emotional Closeness 6. Marriage and Isolation 7. Emotional Needs in Marriage 8. Communication Breakdown in Relationships 9. Unresolved Conflicts in Marriage 10. Rediscovering Intimacy Specific Keywords 1. Tyranny of Busyness in Modern Life 2. Busyness and Relationships 3. Prioritizing Self-Care in Marriage 4. Setting Boundaries for Relationship Health 5. Creating Space for Connection 6. Joy of Being Present in Marriage 7. Engaging with Your Partner 8. Time Management for Couples 9. Reconnecting in a Busy Marriage 10. Balancing Work and Marriage Keywords: 1. How to overcome loneliness in marriage 2. Effective communication strategies for married couples 3. Impact of work stress on marriage 4. Rebuilding intimacy in a busy marriage 5. Practical tips for reconnecting with your spouse 6. Emotional disconnection and its effects on marriage 7. Coping with loneliness in a relationship 8. Creating emotional closeness in marriage 9. Setting boundaries to improve marriage 10. Rediscovering joy and connection in a busy marriage

Instant New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction “The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” —The Washington Post The thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blake An exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white, Protestant and Jew. Spanning three generations, The Guest Book deftly examines the life and legacy of one unforgettable family as they navigate the evolving social and political landscape from Crockett’s Island, their family retreat off the coast of Maine. Blake masterfully lays bare the memories and mistakes each generation makes while coming to terms with what it means to inherit the past.

From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories—joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening—Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: “Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.” Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us—to our families, to our past and to ourselves.

Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.