1. Beyond the Brady Bunch: Hope & Help for Blended Families
    Ray Alsdorf, Debbie Alsdorf
    David C Cook / 2010 / Trade Paperback
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    4.5 out of 5 stars for Beyond the Brady Bunch: Hope & Help for Blended Families. View reviews of this product. 2 Reviews
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  1. Sally
    Tampa, FL
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    August 23, 2010
    Sally
    Tampa, FL
    "Fifty percent of all first marriages end in divorce," and "seventy percent of third marriages" also end in divorce. With shocking statistics like those, it's easy see how this relevant book could be a useful tool in most families. There's plenty of good common sense between the covers. Family life is messy, and blended families are even messier! We need all the help we can we get, and here is a book chock full of workable ideas. It's filled with personal stories, anecdotes, and case studies. Interspersed are extracts from published material from others experienced with families who are blending. Written in first-person by each of the two authors, weaknesses are admitted and discussed, with biblical solutions offered. The four adult children of this blended family each share a part while looking back over their experiences. At the end of each chapter, a bulleted Bringing It Home list helps the reader to focus on the main points. If you know of a couple about remarry, I suggest this as a good wedding present. Thank you to FirstWildCard and Karen Davis at The B&B Media Group/David C. Cook for my copy.
  2. JenniferinMI
    Michigan
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    A must read for blended families
    January 17, 2011
    JenniferinMI
    Michigan
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
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    If you are in a blended family or know of one (and these days that's just about all of us) pick up this book, Beyond the Brady Bunnch. It's an in-depth look at how stepfamilies form and the myriad of difficulties that have to be overcome or endured. What I appreciated most about the book was that it stripped away the fairytale ideal that the new, blended family is going to mesh magically without any problems.

    I also particularly enjoyed the sections written from the Alsdorfs' now grown children. Their perspective on what it's like to be a child in a blended family was invaluable.

    Honest and open about their own experience, and drawing on the experiences of other blended families, the Alsdorfs give a thorough look at what to expect and how to deal with the difficulties that are sure to come up.
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