01607cam a2200301 4500 1164074333 TxAuBib 20120718120000.0 110707s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011027846 9780807007433 hbk. : alk. paper 0807007439 hbk. : alk. paper DLC DLC TnLvILS TxAuBib Newman, Katherine S., 1953- The accordion family : boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition / Katherine S. Newman. Boston : Beacon Press, 2012. xxiii, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The slippery state of adulthood -- Why are accordion families spreading? -- In-house adulthood -- I'm ok, you are not -- When the nest doesn't empty -- Trouble in paradise -- The birth dearth and the "immigrant menace". Publisher's Weekly,082911. Kirkus Review - Adult,110111. Why are adults in their twenties and thirties boomeranging back to or never leaving their parents' homes in the world's wealthiest countries? Acclaimed sociologist Newman addresses this phenomenon in this timely and original book that uncovers fascinating links between globalization and the failure-to-launch trend. 20120718. Parent and adult child. Adult children Family relations. Competition, International. TXKIP