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William Morrow & Co (1984), 242 pages
Description
A memoir by their daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson recounting their separate paths.
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No other book about the legendary anthropologists Margaret Mead and
Gregory Bateson matches the depth and intimacy of this memoir by their daughter.
An anthropologist herself, Ms. Bateson recounts her progressive childhood;
reveals for the first time her mother’s lifelong love for her mentor,
Benedict; and sheds new light on her parents’ ground-breaking research. With A
Daughter’s Eye is the candid, deeply moving story of an extraordinary family by
the only person who could have written it.
Gregory Bateson matches the depth and intimacy of this memoir by their daughter.
An anthropologist herself, Ms. Bateson recounts her progressive childhood;
reveals for the first time her mother’s lifelong love for her mentor,
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Ruth Benedict; and sheds new light on her parents’ ground-breaking research. With A
Daughter’s Eye is the candid, deeply moving story of an extraordinary family by
the only person who could have written it.
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English
ISBN
0688039626 / 9780688039622