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Book Title: Grass Widow : a Novel
Item Length: 0.3in.
Item Width: 0.2in.
Author: Mary Burnett Smith
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: African American / General, Literary
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 1.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
