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Book Title: Secret Diaries of Two Auld Grannies : a Tale of Two Farmer's Wives 1882-1944
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.8in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Mary Holmes, Marion Orr
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Features: Large Type
Topic: Women, Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Historical
Publisher: Accolade Publishing
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 35.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 664 Pages
