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Book Title: Mortification : Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Diaries & Journals, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Literary, Essays
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Robin Robertson
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
