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The zookeeper's wife : a war story
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- ISBN: 9780393333060
- ISBN: 039333306X
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368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm - Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2008.
- Copyright: ©2007
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| General Note: | Reprint. Originally published: c2007. "Featuring a reading group guide"--Spine. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-349) and index. |
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