Beyond the Average Divorce provides marriage and family scholars and students a rich depiction of how children and adults of all ages respond to diverse divorce experiences. Rather than emphasizing means and averages in looking at "typical" family reactions to divorce, authors David H. Demo and Mark A. Fine emphasize variability and change over time in the pre-divorce, divorce, and post-divorce process. The book's three parts explore theoretical and methodological tools for studying divorce, the divorce process and its multiple pathways, and future directions in research. Key Features <ul>
<li>Includes cutting-edge research on how children are affected by multiple transitions in family structure and parenting arrangements during the divorce process </li>
<li>Covers the most common causes of divorce and how the family environment deteriorates during the years leading up to divorce </li>
<li>Provides easy-to-understand descriptions and examples of how specific research methods can be used to study divorce </li>
<li>Offers a dynamic theoretical model of divorce and how it is experienced by family members in a wide variety of family situations </li>
<li>Discusses policy implications as well as directions for future theoretical, research, and clinical work in this vital area </li>
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 Beyond the Average Divorce is intended as a core textbook for use in upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in Family Stress and Divorce, Dysfunctional Families, Sociology of the Family, and Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling.

Beyond the Average Divorce

Politics & Social Sciences

Fine, Mark

Demo, David

Sociology

Sage Publications, Inc.

<div>1988 South Africa teeters on the edge of a state of emergency. Seventeen-year-old Bradley Steyn crosses Pretoria's Strijdom Square and walks straight into a massacre. Barend Strydom, the notorious white supremacist 'Wit Wolf,' is mowing down black bystanders relaxing in the square during their lunch break. Bradley cradles a dying man in his arms and, later, with reports of eight dead and sixteen seriously injured, he is brought face to face with the insanity of the nation. Suffering from acute PTSD, unable to cope with day-to-day life, and consumed by rage, Bradley spirals out of control. His parents unwittingly initiate the next chapter in the story of the boy who crossed the square when they arrange for him to join the SA Navy. Here, angry and unable to work though his trauma, he is called upon by the apartheid regime's Security Branch to 'confront the threat of Communism,' and the navy serviceman joins the dreaded D Section of the Security Branch as a classified government enforcer, but not for long, as the underground ANC's Department of Intelligence and Security (DIS) soon recruits him. On the political stage events are changing fast: FW de Klerk becomes president, the ANC is unbanned, and Nelson Mandela walks to freedom. However, undermining this progress, a sinister Third Force has formed an alliance between the deep state military intelligence complex: the neo-Nazis and the white supremacists. With these forces edging the nation toward a bloody race war, President FW de Klerk is forced to make a deal with Nelson Mandela. Bradley is part of the DIS's plan to infiltrate this Third Force network before all hope for a free future is destroyed. He goes undercover to help unravel the extremists' masterplan--but will his time run out before they discover he is working for Mandela's Spies?</div>

Undercover with Mandela's Spies: The Story of the Boy who Crossed the Square

Biographies & Memoirs

Steyn, Bradley

Leaders & Notable People

Jacana Media

The critically acclaimed novel set in 1976 apartheid South Africa. It tells of the courage of love across the color divide – especially in the face of an unyielding racist police state, and the extreme lengths a man and a woman must go to remain together. When Stanwell Marunda, a proud descendant of the Zulu, meets the beautiful Elsa, the daughter of a white farmer, he is certain his bad luck has just begun. She has just rescued him, bloodied and hurt, from a car wreck. 
 However, as the two of them recklessly begin an intense affair, Stanwell hopes his fears are not realized. First, he must recover from his injuries. This forces him to depend on her. Then he gets a surprise visit from the state’s security branch, the obsessive and brutal Malan Zander. Secrets and suspicion begin to follow him. As intimidation and adversity strike his friends and loved one, Stanwell is forced to confront the frightening truth… 
 Is Elsa really the girl of his dreams – or could their affair be fatal? 
 When affairs of the State battle affairs of the heart, ordinary people become heroes! 
 The Zebra Affaire is a cautionary tale, a gripping story of a forbidden romance that shocked a nation and the corrupt and cruel powers used by an intolerant regime determined to stop it. 
 The Zebra Affaire is a thrilling fusion of romance and suspense—laced with rich South African history. The tension is palpable as the persecuted couple race against time and bigotry. Reviewers rave about this intimate, yet dangerous love story; that’s set against a canvas that is both vividly authentic and powerfully provocative. 
 "A book to savor slowly...appreciating each moment...such was the quality of the writing. One of the best books I've read this year." - Jean Gill, author of 'Song at Dawn' 
 "The story of Stanwell and Elsa really touched me. Racial discrimination was so dehumanizing. It was a real privilege to read the history, a period of pain and hope, as seen through Mark Fine's eyes." - Thandi Lujabe-Rankoe, Former Freedom Fighter &amp; Senior South African Diplomat 
 "The Zebra Affaire grips your soul and won't let go. Never mind zebras, think lions, raw and roar." - Geoff Nelder, author of 'ARIA: Left Luggage' 
 "INTENSELY DAZZLING...NOT A BLACK AND WHITE STORY, A RAINBOW STORY WITH THE RICH COLORS OF LIVES IN TURMOIL." - Elizabeth Newton, author of 'View from the Sixth Floor'

The Zebra Affaire

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

When affairs of State battle affairs of the heart, ordinary people become heroes! The critically acclaimed novel set in 1976 apartheid South Africa. It tells of the courage of love across the color divide – especially in the face of an unyielding racist police state, and the extreme lengths a man and a woman must go to remain together.  When Stanwell Marunda, a proud descendant of the Zulu, meets the beautiful Elsa, the daughter of a white farmer, he is certain his bad luck has just begun. She has just rescued him, bloodied and hurt, from a car wreck.As the two of them recklessly begin an intense affair, Stanwell hopes his deepest fears are not realized. First, he must recover from his injuries. This forces him to depend on her. Then he gets a surprise visit from the state’s security branch, the obsessive and brutal Malan Zander. Secrets and suspicion begin to follow him. As intimidation and adversity strike his friends and loved one, Stanwell is forced to confront the frightening truth…Is Elsa really the girl of his dreams – or could their forbidden affair be fatal?The Zebra Affaire  is a cautionary tale, a gripping story of a forbidden romance that shocked a nation – and the cruel powers used by an intolerant regime determined to stop it. The Zebra Affaire is a thrilling fusion of romance and suspense—laced with rich South African history. Reviewers rave about this intimate, yet dangerous love story; that’s set against a literary canvas that is both vividly authentic and powerfully provocative. "The story of Stanwell and Elsa really touched me. Racial discrimination was so dehumanizing. It was a real privilege to read the history, a period of pain and hope, as seen through Mark Fine's eyes." – Thandi Lujabe-Rankoe, Former ANC Freedom Fighter & Senior South African Diplomat  “Fine doesn’t merely craft a story of unbidden romance, but a historical lesson touched with rhapsodic prose. More than a fiction story, ‘The Zebra Affaire’ is a treatise against racial discrimination.” – Southern Editor  “Many years ago I found myself literally immersed in Karen Blixen’s ‘Out of Africa’. Fate took me to the farm she spoke about and an indelible memory was born. I thought that instant of my life would never be repeated. I was wrong; ‘The Zebra Affaire’ sparked a similar sentiment. This book sits proudly alongside Blixen’s autobiographical tales.” – Eric J. Gates, bestselling author of ‘Outsourced’ "A book to savor slowly...appreciating each moment...such was the quality of the writing. One of the best books I've read this year." – Jean Gill, author of 'Song at Dawn'"The Zebra Affaire grips your soul and won't let go. Never mind zebras, think lions, raw and roar." – Geoff Nelder, author of 'ARIA: Left Luggage'"INTENSELY DAZZLING...NOT A BLACK AND WHITE STORY, A RAINBOW STORY WITH THE RICH COLORS OF LIVES IN TURMOIL." – Elizabeth Newton, author of 'View from the Sixth Floor'

The Zebra Affaire: An Apartheid Saga

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