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What We Know So Far: Wisdom Among Women

by Beth Benatovich

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Erica Jong, Eartha Kitt, Billie Jean King, Zoe Caldwell, Grace Slick, and oth women over the age of fifty are interviewed in a collection in which they ta about getting older, sex, lovers, menopause, marriage, and other concerns. Reprint. K.

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3
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Published: 1995
Genres: Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction, Philosophy, Health & Wellness, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 305.244
LCC: HQ1059.5 .U5 .W48

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