The Maternal Instinct
- ISBN-10
- 0722142218
- ISBN-13
- 9780722142219
- Category
- Motherhood
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Author
- Susan Hampshire
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- 1984
- 275 pages
- Paperback
- London : Sidgwick & Jackson
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