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But if many of the traditional landmarks by which families formerly steered their course have disappeared, change has also openedup exciting possibilities, yielding an explosion of new family forms and novel solutions to age-old problems.In this penetrating and moving exploration of the contemporary family landscape, the Gores share stories drawn from their own experiences, as well as introduce us to a dozen other families they have come to know over the years. 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With the same passion he brought to the challenge of climate change, and with his decades of experience on the front lines of global policy, Al Gore surveys our planet's beclouded horizon and offers a sober, learned, and ultimately hopeful forecast in the visionary tradition of Alvin Toffler's \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e and John Naisbitt's \u003ci\u003eMegatrends\u003c\/i\u003e. 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