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Rent Icy Sparks (Oprah's Book Club)
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Format: Paperback, Abridged-CD
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: Mar 2001
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $22.00
Pages: 308
Synopsis
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too cool, really enjoyed it, feels like youre there watching the events take place