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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Newman, Katherine S.
The accordion family : boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition / Katherine S. Newman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8070-0743-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)
E-ISBN 978-0-8070-0744-0
1. Parent and adult child. 2. Adult children—Family relations. 3. Competition, International. I. Title.
HQ755.86.N4888 2012
306.874084’6—dc23 2011027846