Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family

Life In The Working-class Family

Author: Lillian B. Rubin

A moving account of the angers, frustrations and small joys of life in the American white working class. The new introduction brings the story up to the present, chronicling the entry of women into the labour force, the rise in immigration, and the explosive new role of ethnicity and race.

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The classic that is widely acknowledged to be the most valuable and insightful book ever written on the dynamics of working-class family life by a renowned sociologist, psychotherapist, and bestselling author.One of the most devastating critiques of contemporary American life that I have read.--Michael B. Katz Professor of History, York UniversityThis is a sensitive and compassionate portrayal of childhood, marriage, and adult life among the hard-working not-quite poor. It is an important contribution to our understanding of ourselves.--Robert S. Weiss, author of Marital Separation

About the Author

Lillian Rubin lives and works in San Francisco. She is an internationally known writer and lecturer, who has published twelve books over the last three decades. She is a sociologist and psychotherapist.