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Book Title: Fortune Teller's Light : an Immigrant's JOURNEY
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.5in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Edythe Shaw
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Cultural Heritage
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 11.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 212 Pages