Mad Mothers, Bad Mothers, and What a "Good" Mother Would Do: The Ethics of Ambivalence
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Sarah LaChance Adams., & Sarah LaChance Adams|AUTHOR. (2014). Mad Mothers, Bad Mothers, and What a "Good" Mother Would Do: The Ethics of Ambivalence . Columbia University Press.

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Sarah LaChance Adams and Sarah LaChance Adams|AUTHOR. 2014. Mad Mothers, Bad Mothers, and What a "Good" Mother Would Do: The Ethics of Ambivalence. Columbia University Press.

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Sarah LaChance Adams and Sarah LaChance Adams|AUTHOR. Mad Mothers, Bad Mothers, and What a "Good" Mother Would Do: The Ethics of Ambivalence Columbia University Press, 2014.

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