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Miranda Emmerson is a playwright and author living in Wales. She has written numerous drama adaptations for BBC Radio 4 as well as some highly-acclaimed original drama. Miss Treadway & The Field of Stars is her first novel.
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- EditoreFourth Estate
- Data di pubblicazione2017
- ISBN 10 0008170576
- ISBN 13 9780008170578
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine304
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