Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love & Freedom

by Maria Laurino

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A warm, smart, and witty personal investigation of ethnicity and womanhood. In the second-generation immigrant home where Maria Laurino grew up, "independent" was a dirty word and "sacrifice" was the ideal and reality of motherhood. But out in the world, Mary Tyler Moore was throwing her hat in the air, personifying the excitement and opportunities of the freedom loving American career woman. How, then, to reconcile one's inner Livia Soprano--the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393057283

ISBN13:9780393057287

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

Biographies Ethnic Studies Family Relationships Feminist Theory Memoirs Parenting & Relationships Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Specific Groups Women Women's Studies

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