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Book Title: Opting Back in : What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Meg Lovejoy, Pamela Stone
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Personal Growth / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Gender Studies, General, Women in Business, Women's Studies, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Self-Help, Psychology, Business & Economics, Social Science
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
