Guides social work and social care students through working with disabled people. Unique in its aspirational, outcomes-focused approach.

"Sources and Contexts" unearths a wealth of original material about the environment the works were produced in and the real-life people who inspired them. The three sections, "On Coquetry," "The Life and Death of Elizabeth Whitman," and "The Nineteenth-Century Legacy," include new and corrected transcriptions of Whitman's letters to Ruth and Joel Barlow, an inventory of items found at Whitman's room at her death, popular representations of Elizabeth Whitman, and unauthorized sequels toThe Coquette. Seven illustrations, including three of Eliza Wharton, are included to enrich the...

Thirty-nine year old Ellie Bircham wakes up one Friday morning, sliding face-first into the worst day of her life. She has a hangover. Her kids and her cat all hate her. Her government job is being transferred from Ottawa to Belleville, three hours away. She doesn't have enough money to pay all the bills this month. Her eighteen-year-old daughter, Kellie, is hiding secrets and has taken to staying out all night. Her middle child, Nicholas, is becoming more and more withdrawn. Her intrusive mother is trying to run her life. Her landlord is throwing them all out. And she hasn't been on a date...