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Martin Daly and Margo Wilson. (1998). The Truth About Cinderella. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Chapter 3 - Human Stepfamilies
Pages 21-25 ~ Stepfamily Life

Chapter 4 - The Truth About Cinderella
Pages 26-29 ~ The first test: US child abuse reports
Pages 29-32 ~ Further research in Canada
Pages 32-36 ~ The emerging cross-national evidence

Chapter 5 - Parental Priorities
Pages 37-40 ~ Allocating limited parental resources

Chapter 6 - Cinderella Denied
Pages 51-55 ~ The counter-evidence

Chapter 7 - Living in Step
Pages 62-65 ~ Step-parental investment in what?