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Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

by Fannie Flagg

ISBN: 0446394521
ISBN-13: 9780446394529
Format: Paperback

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Published date: 1992
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Pages: 320

Publisher's Notes

A detailed and hilarious look at life in the South during the fifties, from the bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.

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