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Mothering against the odds: diverse voices of contemporary mothers Edited by Cynthia Garcia Coll, Janet L. Surrey and Kathy Weingarten The birth of a mother: how the motherhood experience changes you forever by Daniel N. Stern, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stem with Alison Freeland. The Guildford Press, (1998) 288 pages
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