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Primates of Park Avenue
出版社： Simon & Schuster, Inc.
書林書號：
20214562
作者：
Martin, Wednesday, Ph.D.
定價：
560
會員價：
$476
ISBN：
9781476762715
出版年份：
2016
裝訂：
平裝
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“Think Gossip Girl, but with a sociological study of the parents” (InStyle.com), Wednesday’s memoir is absolutely “eye-popping” (People). Primates of Park Avenue lifts a veil on a secret, elite world within a world—the strange, exotic, and utterly foreign and fascinating life of privileged Manhattan motherhood.
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　　於密西根大學修習人類學；後於耶魯大學取得比較文學與文化研究博士學位，側重於人類學、人類學史與精神分析史。長居紐約，於此地有逾二十年的寫作與社會研究者經驗。常於《今日秀》（Today）、《早安美國》（Good Morning America）、CNN、全國公共廣播電台（NPR）、NBC News、BBC Newshour、福斯新聞（Fox News），探討繼父母／親子議題。文章常見於線上版《今日心理學》（Psychology Today）、《紐約時報》（New York Times）、《紐約郵報》（New York Post）、《每日電訊報》（Daily Telegraph）、《大西洋月刊》（The Atlantic）、《哈潑時尚》（Harper's Bazaar）、《The Daily Beast》等。另著有《Stepmonster》一書。目前與丈夫和兩個兒子定居紐約市。

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