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Johnston, Jill MOTHER BOUND: Autobiography in Search of a Father. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Hardcover First Edition



First printing. The first part of her autobiography - the story of her childhood in a 'family' shaped by the story told by her mother: that she was a widow (although in reality she was an unwed mother) - and of her early years and her ambivalence about her sexuality, her career as a dance critic and her life in the then-forming SoHo world. Illustrated with photographs. 164 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. .ISBN # 0-394-527577 

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