The “current woman” in an older widower’s life

Intimacy in Later Life

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 121-142

  Moore, Alinde J ^a   Stratton, Dorothy C ^a  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203788240-7     Document Type: Chapter

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