The cover and dust jacket to this vintage hardcover book is in excellent condition. The pages are clean, no underlining or coloring. The previous owner's name is written on the inside front cover. The binding is tight. Synopsis | A family is more than a sum of the individuals who comprise it. A family is a pattern, a network, a configuration of relationships that require careful interpretation and alert observation of one is to intervene appropriately. In this challenging and intriguing journey towards understanding families, James Osterhaus outfits his readers with new glasses and new sensory devices so that they will see, hear, and smell the real issues of family dynamics... – From the dust jacket B-281