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Book Title: Nancy Meyers
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Deborah Jermyn
Publication Name: Nancy Meyers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Series: The Bloomsbury Companions to Contemporary Filmmakers Ser.
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
