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Book Title: Gardener and the Carpenter : What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us about the Relationship Between Parents and Children
Item Length: 8.8in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.7in
Author: Alison Gopnik
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Parenting / General, Developmental / Child, Developmental / General
Publisher: Picador
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Family & Relationships, Psychology
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
