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Book Title: Porch Stories : a Grandmother's Guide to Happiness
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication Year: 2008
Topic: Women, African American / General, Family Life, General, Literary
Item Height: 0.4 in
Genre: Fiction, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 11.5 Oz
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 7.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
