The Family Squeeze
Christian Pulcini (Author), Matthew Gauvin (Illustrator)
The Family Squeeze describes the ups and downs of a family throughout a generation who are always brought together by one thing: a family squeeze. The Family Squeeze is meant to show that through both happy and sad times bringing together the family through physical touch builds resilience. With trauma unfortunately being widespread in our society, the family squeeze represents both a strategy and message that there will be different emotions and experiences throughout a young person's life, but through a seemingly simple gesture such as a family squeeze that families can endure together.
Christian Pulcini (Author), Matthew Gauvin (Illustrator)
The Family Squeeze describes the ups and downs of a family throughout a generation who are always brought together by one thing: a family squeeze. The Family Squeeze is meant to show that through both happy and sad times bringing together the family through physical touch builds resilience. With trauma unfortunately being widespread in our society, the family squeeze represents both a strategy and message that there will be different emotions and experiences throughout a young person's life, but through a seemingly simple gesture such as a family squeeze that families can endure together.
Christian Pulcini (Author), Matthew Gauvin (Illustrator)
The Family Squeeze describes the ups and downs of a family throughout a generation who are always brought together by one thing: a family squeeze. The Family Squeeze is meant to show that through both happy and sad times bringing together the family through physical touch builds resilience. With trauma unfortunately being widespread in our society, the family squeeze represents both a strategy and message that there will be different emotions and experiences throughout a young person's life, but through a seemingly simple gesture such as a family squeeze that families can endure together.
About the Contributors:
Christian D. Pulcini, (Author) MD, MEd, MPH lives in Vermont and is a pediatric emergency physician and researcher focused on children with disabilities, children's mental health/trauma, and firearm injuries. He is also a former middle school science teacher. This is Christian's first published book, and the inspiration for it can be entirely attributed to his wonderful family of 5 and their loving family squeezes.
Matthew Gauvin (Illustrator) was born in Vermont and spent five years in Boston studying at Massachusetts College of Art and Design where he graduated with a BFA in Illustration. He has since illustrated around thirty books and has worked on projects ranging from logo design to pet portraits,magazines, Cd's, and his work was displayed in various gallery's, festivals, fairs and private collections around the U.S. He has received various national and international awards for his art and recently launched a new art venture with a focus on landscape painting under the name "Edge of Nature Studio".