Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering

"A welcome addition to a growing literature on emotion work, culture, and parenting across social class and in other child-care arrangements. Terrific for sociology, culture, or women's studies collections."-- "CHOICE"

"One of the most significant analyses of homeschooling and the role homeschooling mothers play in this practice to date...this book is excellent; it is necessary reading for scholars interested in understanding both homeschooling and the sociology of mothering. If there is a problem with the book, it is that it wasn't written sooner."--Gary Wyatt "American Journal of Sociology"

"Theoretically rich and empirically fascinating."-- "Sociology of Religion"

"Using in-depth longitudinal interviews, Lois sheds light on the emotional lives of homeschoolers and elucidates a number of core social psychological processes related to stigma, identity, social roles, and emotion management."-- "Sociology of Religion"