Luis F. Alejos

Fear is a Thief exposes fear and gives the listener a fresh new approach to managing fear, using five fundamental truths. These truths reveal fear's deceptive characteristics while offering keen insight on ways to approach and manage virtually any situation with newfound confidence.

Drawing on dozens of intimate audio interviews with families from all across the country, award-winning psychologist and writer Andrew Solomon redefines what it means to be an “ideal family” in America today. Solomon observes that America, led in large part by the women’s, civil rights, and gay rights movements, has undergone a radical social shift in the last few decades. Although the structure of family has changed, economic and legal structures lag behind and need to adapt to accommodate this explosive new reality.