The children born since the end of the postwar baby boom are the first in American history to come primarily from small families—families of three or fewer children. Judith Blake calls this momentous change the sibsize revolution, and this book focuses on the cognitive and educational consequences to children of families of different sizes. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Reviews “When Marty returns to the insular South Dakota community where she was raised, everyone wants answers about the death of a family friend. A simple, unassuming question from her father opens up her own pandora’s box.” ~Lauren Fairbanks Jagernauth, Sister Carrie “This well-written story of two very different sisters holds the reader’s interest from start to finish.” ~Suzanne Millar, former book reviewer for The Philadelphia Inquirer “The quintessential battle between intellect and passion without logic. Though the Winds Blow is an insightful portrayal of a woman at the crossroads; on leave from her academic life and forced to revisit the demons of her childhood.” ~Robin Stratton, The Revision Process “... beautifully written... the kind of story that used to appear with great regularity in the old New Yorker.” ~Sheldon H. White, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology, Harvard
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