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Mean mothers : overcoming the legacy of hurt
- Title
- Mean mothers : overcoming the legacy of hurt / Peg Streep ; foreword by Rachel Harris.
- Author
- Streep, Peg.
- Publication
- New York : William Morrow, c2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 09-5474 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 235 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Drawing from research and the real-life experiences of adult daughters, the author explores the darker side of maternal behavior, illuminating one of the last cultural taboos: what happens when a woman does not or cannot love her daughter.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The myth of mother love -- My mother and her mother before her : patterns old and new -- In the house of the father : heroes and coconspirators -- Siblings and other rivalries -- Stilling the voice of the mother within : the battle for self-worth -- Turning the wheel : mothering the next generation.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-5474
- ISBN
- 9780061651366
- 0061651362
- LCCN
- 2009013160
- Author
- Streep, Peg.
- Title
- Mean mothers : overcoming the legacy of hurt / Peg Streep ; foreword by Rachel Harris.
- Imprint
- New York : William Morrow, c2009.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-5474