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Book Title: Now We Will Be Happy
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Amina Gautier
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Hispanic & Latino, African American / General, Short Stories (Single Author)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 6.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 140 Pages