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Mothers And DaughtersWednesday 1 May 2002
The way parents and children communicate can make or break a relationship. Jenni will be examining this very subject with the help of American linguist, Deborah Tannen and novelist Sherry Ashworth.

Deborah Tannen is better known for her bestseller, You Just Don't Understand. Her latest offering is I Only Say This Because I Love You. Tannen uses examples of real conversations and in her latest book she has looked at conversations between mothers and their grown-up daughters and parents and teenagers.
You Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen, published by Virago Press; ISBN: 1853814717 I Only Say This Because I Love You, by Deborah Tannen, published by Virago Press; ISBN: 1860498558 Disconnected by Sherry Ashworth, published by Collins Flamingo; ISBN: 0007120451


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