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Book Title: Strange Love
Item Length: 8in
Item Width: 5.2in
Author: Fred Waitzkin
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Psychological, Hispanic & Latino, Literary
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 6.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
