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A collection of writings by both new and established authors--including Alice Walker, Jamaica Kincaid, and Paula Fox--explores the complex, frequently tangled relationships that exist between them and their mothers and the influence of those relationships on their lives, aspirations, and attitudes. Original. 17,500 first printing.
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Margo Perin teaches creative nonfiction at the University of San Francisco, U.C. Berkeley, and U.C. Santa Cruz.
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