Distant Love

by Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim and Ulrich Beck

Book Overview

Love and family life in the global age: grandparents in Salonika and their grandson in London speak together every evening via Skype. A U.S. citizen and her Swiss husband fret over large telephone bills and high travel costs. A European couple can finally have a baby with the help of an Indian surrogate mother.

In their new book, Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim investigate all types of long-distance relationships, marriages and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745661815
• ISBN13: 9780745661810
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"