Ahrons, Constance, THE GOOD DIVORCE, HarperCollins--Shows how couples can keep their family together even when their marriage comes apart. 301 pages

Alexander, Shoshana, IN PRAISE OF SINGLE PARENTS: MOTHERS AND FATHERS EMBRACING THE CHALLENGE, New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1994--Presents single parenting in the voices of the real experts-the parents themselves. Personal stories of men and women who are raising children alone. 404 pages

Bartholet, Elizabeth, FAMILY BONDS: ADOPTION AND THE POLITICS OF PARENTING, New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Raises profound questions about the meaning of family and the way society shapes options for the infertile, and offers provocative discussions of transracial and transnational families. 276 pages

Bates, J. Douglas, GIFT CHILDREN: A STORY OF RACE, FAMILY, AND ADOPTION IN A DIVIDED AMERICA, Ticknor & Fields--Chronicles the 23-year interracial journey of a white couple who adopted two black children to raise with their two biological white sons. 270 pages

Becnel, Barbara Cottman, THE CO-DEPENDENT PARENT: FREE YOURSELF BY FREEING YOUR CHILD, Lowell House Pub.--Identifies the five models of co-dependent parenting and the behaviors that go with them, and provides exercises to help replace "inherited" parenting patterns with new and dynamic ways to relate to your children. 192 pages

Berry, Mary Frances, THE POLITICS OF PARENTHOOD, Viking Pub.--Argues that while American society still clings to a family model in which child care is a women's responsibility, what matters is not who cares for children, but the quality of the care. 303 pages

Hamburg, David, TODAY'S CHILDREN: CREATING A FUTURE FOR A GENERATION IN CRISIS, New York, Random House, 1992. Analyzes the changes in family structure and society that have put our children at risk and looks at the innovative programs that can positively impact child development. 376 pages

Hass, Aaron, THE GIFT OF FATHERHOOD: HOW MEN'S LIVES ARE TRANSFORMED BY THEIR CHILDREN, Simon & Schuster--Emphasizes the rewards of fatherhood with advice on how to manage the many roles--father, husband, provider, teacher and disciplinarian--and includes tips on adjusting to the changes children create in marriage. 203 pages

Koplow, Lesley, THE WAY HOME; A CHILD THERAPIST LOOKS AT THE INNER LIVES OF CITY CHILDREN, Dutton (Penguin Books) 1992--Explores the impact of homelessness on inner city youth. A book about the resilience of the human spirit and the will to survive. 196 pages

Louv, Richard, FATHERLOVE: WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE SEEK, WHAT WE MUST CREATE, Pocket Pub.--Creates a vision of fatherhood as an extraordinary journey of personal fulfillment, one that makes a male complete in his masculinity and which expands our current understanding of the father's role. 276 pages

Louv, Richard, CHILDHOOD'S FUTURE, Houghton Mifflin, 1990--An account of Louv's travels across the country for three years conducting hundreds of interviews with children, parents and educators, drawing a portrait of the stresses that are contributing to the breakdown of families. 420 pages

Nardinelli, Clark, CHILD LABOR AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990--Considers child labor from the standpoint of the family economy, and in particular the often miserable alternatives open to poor families that made factory work preferable to other possible uses of children's time. 157 pages

O'Brien, Monsignor & Henican, E., YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE: THE DAYTOP WAY TO MAKE YOUR CHILD DRUG FREE, Simon & Schuster, Describes the program used at the very successful Daytop Village. Shows how families can use these tough methods, and offers a stinging critique of Washington's "phony" War on Drugs. 283 pages

Singer, Harry The Foundation, DOESN'T ANYONE CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN?, Wellington, CA 1994--Excerpts from the essays submitted to the Foundation by more than a thousand high school students across the country. paper, 163 pages

Squire, Susan, FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE: A CANDID CHRONICLE OF FIVE COUPLES ADJUSTING TO PARENTHOOD, Doubleday--The psychological and biological complexity of having children comes to life in profiles following five different couples from the first weeks of pregnancy through the end of the postpartum year. 377 pages

Wyse, Lois, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT MY GRANDCHILD DID, Simon & Schuster--The author's observations on the wild, wonderful and unexpected joys of being a grandparent tug equally on your heartstrings and funny bone. 126 pages