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Harper, 1988, 75 abstract qualities come to life, walking and talking, borrowing grandmothers shawl and telling scary stories late into the night. Choose from contactless same day delivery, drive up and more. Ruth gendler is the author of the bestselling the book of qualities, the awardwinning notes on the need for beauty, and the anthology, changing light. Fear and whimsy from book of qualities by ruth gendler rush computer art fear and whimsy from book of qualities by ruth gendler you are to illustrate the following reading from the book of. In portraying the complexities of the psyche, gendler uses the qualities to bridge the distinctions between literature and psychology, and has created an original. Ruth gendler originally selfpublished the book of qualities, now a bestseller with over a quartermillion copies in print. Ruth janet ruth publication date 1984 topics emotions publisher berkeley, calif.
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