95 million adults have a step relationship, according to a 2011 report.
That's 95 million unexpected experiences; 95 million unique
perspectives; 95 million laughs, 95 million tears, and 95 million new
families.
Blended explores stepfamilies from the inside out through the
perspectives of thirty writers who know what it's like first hand.
Sometimes funny, often poignant, and always deeply personal, the stories
in Blended capture the essence of stepfamilies in all of their weird
and wonderful varieties. The journeys range from the first encounters
between new step-relatives, to marriages, honeymoons, daily experiences,
and divorces. The diverse voices in Blended reflect the realities of
today's world, in which yesterday's ideas of family structures and types
just don't cut it anymore. Parents, children, siblings, aunts, uncles,
grandparents, cousins: all of these relationships change when families
are melded into one, and the writers of Blended help explore the truth
of what these new relationships look like, and, especially, feel like.
Blended offers something for everyone: laughter, wisdom, empathy, and
guidance, and, above all, the knowledge that you are not alone.
