This book is a guidebook to a solution that this country desperately needs— aging in place. The COVID-19 pandemic left many family members that were in nursing homes alone and without support from their families; it stressed the need for a different solution. Reading this book can help you map out the financial, emotional, and physical needs of the family when the decision is to live under one roof.

Emily, Angel, and John’s book is a wonderful read on the difficulties, pitfalls, and, yes, opportunities that confront families and households when generations come together under one roof (or at least neighboring roofs). The authors provide us with the facts, but perhaps more importantly, they relate the wide range of lived experiences of families past and present, from all over the world, and with a variety of household arrangements, lifestyles, and resources. Their stories and this book inspire but also advise us, wisely, sympathetically, and with practicality.

This book is a particularly valuable resource for those in the field in Intergenerational Relations. The authors have combined their expertise to produce a guide for families and professionals who are dealing with multigenerational households—e.g., living in a single home or living nearby. They provide some helpful background and historical perspectives since multigenerational arrangements were so common in earlier times . . . The writing style is down to earth and easy to understand. The concepts and principles of successful multigenerational families come to life with the many first person accounts from different generations.

Sweeping, incisive…a novel that brings spirited, illuminating context to decades of conflict…Graham writes movingly—and with a refreshing lightness of touch. He’s especially good at connecting culture, mass media, and ideology.

Historical novels are rarely described as “page turners,” but Charlotte’s War is a distinctive exception. Author J. Lawrence Graham takes the reader on a kaleidoscopic roller coaster ride through a thoroughly engaging retelling of a half century of American cultural, political, military and diplomatic history.

In Charlotte’s War, J. Lawrence Graham seamlessly weaves the story of one woman’s futile rage against the war machine into an epic narrative with Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh, and the blood-soaked history of the Vietnam War. Graham’s novel is a monumental achievement about the nobility and cruelty of battle, and an insightful exploration of the impact of war on the human spirit.

Graham offers a fascinating, engaging, and historically reliable narrative of political events and intrigues associated with World War II, the Korean War, and the war in Vietnam. It offers engrossing history interwoven with authentic fictional biography. Moreover, this book provokes the reader to consider new ways of approaching both relationships and politics in the twenty-first century.

Bringing his excellent background in geopolitical history and international negotiation, Graham’s writing is easy to digest, accurate in historical detail, and marvelously engaging in its tongue-in-cheek narrative.

From naval battles in WWII to sexist encounters in Harvard Yard, to memorable characters who bring alive the painful dynamics of Korea and Vietnam, Graham delivers on page after page of this tightly woven novel. Highly recommended!

Influenced by the historical fiction of Herman Wouk’s War and Remembrance, J. Lawrence Graham’s dual purpose in Charlotte’s War is to entertain and to edify. He admirably accomplishes those goals by ingeniously interweaving historical facts about the Vietnam War with such fictional characters as Charlotte Fletcher. The stories of her relationships over many years with such non-fictional characters as Ho Chi Minh, Henry Kissinger, Alfred Kroeber, and Ursula Le Guin are enhanced by Graham’s extensive historical research and by his own professional experiences as a Navy SEAL officer and a leading scholar of international business negotiations.

Charlotte’s War is a crucial read, helping both men and women see a more creative and cooperative world.