Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... things , and there was no more to be said . . . he never noticed the lights and shades that exist in the greyest ... thing . " " It isn't frittering away the strength , " she protested . " It's enlarging the space in which you may be ...
... things , and there was no more to be said . . . he never noticed the lights and shades that exist in the greyest ... thing . " " It isn't frittering away the strength , " she protested . " It's enlarging the space in which you may be ...
Page 242
... thing , " as though turning back from the here- after into this world , back to the world of tangible things , including grain . The grain was grain and not more , but it may well have summed up for the [ initiates ] everything that ...
... thing , " as though turning back from the here- after into this world , back to the world of tangible things , including grain . The grain was grain and not more , but it may well have summed up for the [ initiates ] everything that ...
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... thing , for no one yet spoke of racism , and even the concept of " prejudice " had not yet filtered into my childhood world . It was simply " the way things were , ” and we tried to repress the confusion and the shame . When I began ...
... thing , for no one yet spoke of racism , and even the concept of " prejudice " had not yet filtered into my childhood world . It was simply " the way things were , ” and we tried to repress the confusion and the shame . When I began ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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