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Divorced Dads: Shattering The Myths

A major new book every parent, thinking person and divorce professional needs.

Written by Sanford Braver, Ph.D., one of the US's most respected researchers on fathers and divorce, with award winning journalist Diane O'Connell.

Published by Tarcher/Putnam, an Imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc. Buy it at your local bookstore, or online at Borders, Barnes and Noble or Amazon.

Most of what you have believed about divorced fathers has just been proven to be myth!

"an important work which....adds a crucial element to the debate on fatherhood and on how we regard -- and treat-- divorced fathers in our society." (The Washington Post)

...A powerful and well-documented brief ...Braver, who has conducted an eight-year study of parents after divorce, knocks down the stereotypes one by one....From now on, any politician or commentator ...should be required to read Divorced Dads. (The Detroit News)

Braver demonstrates] that much of the negative view of divorced fathers is dated. (Kirkus Reviews)

A must for everyone interested in America's children. (Reader Review in www.amazon.com)

...Reveals] that many of the "known facts" are flatly wrong. Braver's argument for encouraging dads to get more involved in their families is refreshingly free of chest-thumping rhetoric (Publisher's Weekly)

...psychology professor Sanford Braver set out to track the finances of nearly 400 divorced couples over an eight-year period, even he was startled by the findings: Money and divorce: Nobody wins (Kiplinger Magazine)

Asian Americans: The Year 2000 and Beyond

©1996 Jenn-Yun Tein and Thomas K. Nakayama

Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Arizona State University Asian American Faculty and Staff Association and the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost.