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Book Title: What Remains : Object Lessons in Love and Loss
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Karen Von Hahn
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Women, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
