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Moon Tiger
Paperback, 224 pages, Grove Press, List Price: $14.95 | purchase
NPR Summary
As she lies dying of cancer, elderly historian Claudia Hampton contemplates the path of her colorful life. At the center of her complex cast of friends and family is the brief love that altered the core of her very existence.
Genres:
This book is about:
- Egypt,
- World War, 1939-1945,
- Fiction
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