Transforming the Story: Narrative Applications to a Stepmother Support Group

Families in Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Jones, Anne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 2142835932     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.242     Document Type: Review

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