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Average rating: 4.0 · 862 ratings · 135 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	This Woman's Work: Essays on Music by Kim Gordon (Editor), Sinéad Gleeson (Editor), Anne Enright 3.70 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 2022 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession

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Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine

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Faith, Hope and Carnage

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