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Family Wisdom: the 2000 Most Important Things Ever Said About Parenting, Children, and Family Life
by Ginsberg, Susan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 023110376X
- ISBN 13
- 9780231103763
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 315 bright, white pages From jacket: "In this first collection of its kind, philosophers, poets, novelists, psychologists, and child development experts speak out on the role of the family in society, on life passages such and marriage and the birth of children, and on family connections: husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, children and grandparents. A wealth of authoritative voices provide needed perspective - and invaluable counsel - on coping with issues such as violence in the media, stepparenting, divorce, and balancing the demands of jobs and personal lives... Discover what Shakespeare, Picasso and Noel Coward have to say about parenting... Get advice on adolescence from Ogden Nash, James Comer and Louise Kaplan... Whether you have a specific question or just want to browse, (this book) will make you laugh with self-recognition and provide the right advice you can use on how to handle your children and your parents." Lightly sunned spine of jacket, paperclip impression on front of jacket and fingermark on outside pages. . First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005887
- Title
- Family Wisdom: the 2000 Most Important Things Ever Said About Parenting, Children, and Family Life
- Author
- Ginsberg, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 023110376X
- ISBN 13
- 9780231103763
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- signed; Autographed;First Edition; 1st Edition;parenting; quotations; maxims; Child rearing; Family
- Bookseller catalogs
- Parenting; Signed;
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