Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma

Catherine Whitney, Nancy Samalin, Samalin. Penguin Books, $16 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-14-012992-2

Parents magazine columnist Samalin takes a down-to-earth approach to helping parents elicit acceptable expressions of anger within their homes. Author tour. (May)

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