When we marry, we believe the bond is between only two individuals. Few of us realize the power that in-laws exert over our lives.A keenly perceptive interpretation of the kinship structures, fracture lines, and recurrent emotionsresentment, ambivalence, acceptancethat are part and parcel of the in-law experience.With professional grace, Apter exposes the emotional minefields that couples often navigate around in-laws, and the ease with which they become stuck in negative (and familiar) attitudes toward them.The cover of