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A Place for Us: A Greek Immigrant Boy's Odyssey to a New Country and an Unknown Father

by Nicholas Gage · 1989

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Inthis sequel to the bestselling ELENI Nicholas gage tells the moving story of meeting his father and growing up in Worcester, Mass.

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adult
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long · 419 pages

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