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I Only Say This Because I Love You
by Tannen, Deborah (SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679456015
- ISBN 13
- 9780679456018
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2001. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. How the way we talk can make or break family relationships throughout our lives. Acknowledgments. Preface. Author's Note: Where Do You Get Your Examples? 308 pp. plus: Notes, References, Index, About the Author. Book has bump at head of spine, slightly rubbed at tail. Unclipped DJ has very slight edge wear, sunning on spine. DEDICATION: To Lena, with warmest wishes from a fan, Deborah Tannen SIGNED by author in green ink. Bookseller's Inventory # 165317.
Synopsis
Why does talk in families so often go in circles, leaving us tied up in knots? In this illuminating book, Deborah Tannen, the linguist and and bestselling author of You Just Don't Understand and many other books, reveals why talking to family members is so often painful and problematic even when we're all adults. Searching for signs of acceptance and belonging, we find signs of disapproval and rejection. Why do the seeds of family love so often yield a harvest of criticism and judgment? In I Only Say This Because I Love You, Tannen shows how important it is, in family talk, to learn to separate word meanings, or messages, from heart meanings, or metamessages -- unstated but powerful meanings that come from the history of our relationships and the way things are said. Presenting real conversations from people's lives, Tannen reveals what is actually going on in family talk, including how family conversations must balance the longing for connection with the desire for control, as we struggle to be close without giving up our freedom.This eye-opening book explains why grown women so often feel criticized by their mothers; and why mothers feel they can't open their mouths around their grown daughters; why growing up male or female, or as an older or younger sibling, results in different experiences of family that persist throughout our lives; and much, much more. By helping us to understand and redefine family talk, Tannen provides the tools to improve relationships with family members of every age.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005317
- Title
- I Only Say This Because I Love You
- Author
- Tannen, Deborah (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679456015
- ISBN 13
- 9780679456018
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- COMMUNICATIONS IN THE FAMILY. FAMILY.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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