Coming to Terms: The Collected Works of Jane Blankenship, an edited collection from Jane Blankenship and Janette Kenner Muir, is the story of one academic journey through self-discovery, intellectual development, and mentorship. It is a conversation that illustrates how, in Mary Catherine Bateson’s terms, one composes a life that has meaning and makes a significant difference in other lives as well. Jane Blankenship was an active member of the speech communication discipline, starting with...

The perfect starting point for parents of transracially adopted children and those who are considering adopting transracially.The Interracial Adoption Option is a personal guide to interracial adoption which draws on the lives and experiences of the authors, a white US couple, who adopt two African-American children. Starting from their decision to adopt their first child interracially, it describes the situations and decisions that followed as a result of their child's racial back...

Real conversations about racism need to start nowLet's Talk Race confronts why white people struggle to talk about race, why we need to own this problem, and how we can learn to do the work ourselves and stop expecting Black people to do it for us.Written by two specialists in race relations and parents of two adopted African American sons, the book provides unique insights and practical guidance, richly illustrated with personal examples, anecdote...

Jahrelang hat Wein-Expertin Charlie ihre eigenen Ziele dem Familien-Weingut untergeordnet. Jetzt will sie endlich selbst richtig durchstarten. Auf Sylt versprechen gleich zwei hochkarätige Aufträge den nötigen Anschub für ihre Karriere. Es kann wohl nur ein schlechter Scherz des Schicksals sein, dass ihr dabei ein Mann aus ihrer Vergangenheit in die Quere kommt. Auch Barkeeper Finn ist zunächst nicht erfreut über das Wiedersehen. Doch als Charlie wegen einer Verletzung auf der Insel festsi...