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Book Title: Lives Together/Worlds Apart: Mothers And Daughters In Popula...
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Author: Suzanna Danuta Walters
Publication Name: Lives Together/Worlds Apart : Mothers and Daughters in Popular Culture
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1994
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 295 Pages
