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Book Title: They're All My Children: Foster Mothering In America
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Danielle Wozniak
Publication Name: They're All My Children : Foster Mothering in America
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 245 Pages, 246 Pages
