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This is Life

by Dan Rhodes · 2012

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* 'This is Life' is a missing baby mystery and an enchanted Parisian adventure. Hand in hand with lovable heroine Aurelie Renard, you will see life as you've never seen it before, discover the key to great art, witness the true cost of love, and learn how all these things may be controlled by the in-breath of a cormorant."

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
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Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisParisParisMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 423 pages

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