- Category: Books » Biography & Autobiography » Childhood Memoir
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- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
- ISBN: 1423366530
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111971849
- Release Date: September 1, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #882973 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #33326 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #217 in Childhood Memoir (See Top 100 Childhood Memoir Bestsellers)
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