The Habitus of Fertility: A Tale of Two Families
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church & State, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Paul Mathews | ISBN: | 9781370755837 |
| Publisher: | Warrior Publishers | Publication: | January 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Mathews |
| ISBN: | 9781370755837 |
| Publisher: | Warrior Publishers |
| Publication: | January 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Most books give some baiting information without giving away the plot details. Unfortunately, this book cannot. Why? Because you are part of a social experiment.
Certainly you can cheat, by jumping ahead, or you can trust me, and yourself, and follow the linear structure I have provided: Read Part 1, as a novel, as it is indeed, which will then be explained in Part 2. See if you twigged to it….
Part 1 simply narrates with some insight and drama the lives of two families, one Protestant the other Roman Catholic, in the rural Philippines. That’s about as much as I am going to tell you for the moment.
This book, at least its thrust, has been in the making for 30 years. When I finally returned to it 2017, hopefully for the last time, to put forward the idea that had burned indelibly in my heart and mind, I realized I had encountered a tautology—or perhaps I was barking up the wrong tree.
My essential problem now became to show how an idea, a mental perspective, could be actually operationalized, and across generations. So I set out to write a vignette for Part 1—which turned into a 120 page mini novel.
You will enjoy Part 1, as a novel, and flounder in Part 2, but with persistence all will encircle and become clear.
Most books give some baiting information without giving away the plot details. Unfortunately, this book cannot. Why? Because you are part of a social experiment.
Certainly you can cheat, by jumping ahead, or you can trust me, and yourself, and follow the linear structure I have provided: Read Part 1, as a novel, as it is indeed, which will then be explained in Part 2. See if you twigged to it….
Part 1 simply narrates with some insight and drama the lives of two families, one Protestant the other Roman Catholic, in the rural Philippines. That’s about as much as I am going to tell you for the moment.
This book, at least its thrust, has been in the making for 30 years. When I finally returned to it 2017, hopefully for the last time, to put forward the idea that had burned indelibly in my heart and mind, I realized I had encountered a tautology—or perhaps I was barking up the wrong tree.
My essential problem now became to show how an idea, a mental perspective, could be actually operationalized, and across generations. So I set out to write a vignette for Part 1—which turned into a 120 page mini novel.
You will enjoy Part 1, as a novel, and flounder in Part 2, but with persistence all will encircle and become clear.
