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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes
Why We Came to the City
By Kristopher Jansma
Edition
By Kristopher Jansma
Hardcover edition
Publisher Penguin Imprint Viking ISBN9780525426608
Awards and Honors National Public Radio’s Guide to 2016 Great ReadsWhy We Came to the City
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SKU
9780525426608J
New York City, 2008: The lives of five recently graduated college friends are upended when the economy crashes and one of them is diagnosed with cancer.
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