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Mothers of Sparta by Dawn Davies

Mothers of Sparta

A Memoir in Pieces

by Dawn Davies
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  • Jan 30, 2018, 272 pages
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  • Jan 2019, 272 pages
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  • Marylou Crane
    Wrong Title
    Not only wrong title, but wrong chapter. Hard to find a section to hold my attention, very limp. Would not recommend this book to any of the book clubs I belong too. Better luck next time, Dawn.

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