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Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam
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The stored metadata frames Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam by Valerie Hobbs as a focused backlist selection with a clear entry point for curious readers. The copy on file shows 2004 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 135 pages, giving you a quick sense of scale and reading commitment.
Edition on file: 2004 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 135 pages • ISBN 9780374343842.
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