Mothering through Precarity: Women’s Work and Digital Media, by Julie A. Wilson and Emily Chivers Yochim E. Stina Lyon on the contradictory feelings of insecurity and optimism that digital cultures provides mothers By E. Stina Lyon 6 April
Growing Each Other Up: When Our Children Become Our Teachers, by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Book of the week: E. Stina Lyon appreciates the social portraiture approach used to understand complex family roles By E. Stina Lyon 6 October
Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship, by Joshua Gamson Through a series of ‘creation stories’, E. Stina Lyon hears how individuals are breaking ground as they form families By E. Stina Lyon 26 November
Loneliness and its Opposite: Sex, Disability, and the Ethics of Engagement, by Don Kulick and Jens Rydström A powerful book offers profound guidance to navigating a political and ethical minefield, writes E. Stina Lyon By E. Stina Lyon 30 July