William J. Bennett, 2001
In this new book, former education secretary and best-selling author William J. Bennett addresses himself to the decline of the American family and its implications for our society. He is, of course, talking about what some might term the "traditional" nuclear family (adult male and adult female, married to each other and raising their own children) but that he would simply term "the family." Unlike most of Bennett's earlier works, this volume is not primarily about education, but it intersects in many ways - for example, the devastating effects of divorce upon many children whom the schools are trying to teach - and will be of interest to most people who care about the condition of our young. It will inspire some readers, infuriate others and inform many with its wealth of information and its steady tone of moral seriousness and intellectual rigor. 200 pages long, its ISBN is 0385499159 and its publisher is Doubleday.
