The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog
by Bruce D. Perry, Bruce Duncan Perry, Maia Szalavitz
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog is a 2006 book by child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz, first published by Basic Books in New York. Drawing on case studies, it looks at what traumatised children reveal about loss, love and recovery.
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- Basic Books, 2006
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- Basic Books, New York, 2006
The first edition of The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog by Bruce D. Perry was published in New York by Basic Books in 2006. We track 1 edition.
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- 13 on Open Library, 7 in English
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Who published the first edition of The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog?
The first edition of The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog by Bruce D. Perry, Bruce Duncan Perry, Maia Szalavitz was published in New York by Basic Books in 2006.
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We track 1 edition of The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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