1. What Do We Know about Stepchildren? -- 2. Researching the Issues -- 3. Communication, Roles, Order and Disorder: From First Family to Stepfamily -- 4. Absent Parents? Parents Who Lived Apart or Died -- 5. The Widening Circle -- 6. Gender -- 7. The Continuing Capacity for Change -- 8. Looking Back and Looking Forward: Legacies and Narratives -- 9. Working with Stepfamilies: Clinical and Legal Contexts -- 10. Conclusion
