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The Meaning of Wife: a Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century
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The Meaning of Wife: a Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century by Anne Kingston looks like a backlist title with a clear setup and an easy way in from the record we have here. From the listing, this copy runs 2004 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 336 pages, a decent clue for the kind of reading commitment it asks for.
Edition on file: 2004 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 336 pages • ISBN 9780374205102.
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