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Mine is a novel written by American author Robert R. McCammon. It won the 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. [1]
Mine is a novel written by American author Robert R. McCammon. It won the 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. [1]
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Mary steals Laura's baby and the manhunt is on. With no help at all Laura sets out on a cross-country trip to reclaim that which is hers. But soon Laura realizes that in order to get back her son and her life she may have to become as savage as the woman she's hunting.
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