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Edin, Kathryn, 1962-

Title Promises I can keep : why poor women put motherhood before marriage / Kathryn Edin + Maria Kefalas.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	306.856 Ed42p 2005	---	Available

Description	293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and index.
Contents	"Before we had a baby ..." -- "When I got pregnant ..." -- How does the dream die? -- What marriage means -- Labor of love -- How motherhood changed my life -- Making sense of single motherhood.
Subject	Unmarried mothers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Low-income single mothers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Added Author	Kefalas, Maria.
ISBN	0520241134 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780520241138 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No.	NLGGC 273548719
	IG# 0520241134
	YDXCP 2181664