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Maggie Shipstead
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This novel is entirely a work of ction.
The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are
the work of the authors imagination. Any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities
is entirely coincidental.
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First published in Great Britain by Blue Door 2014
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Copyright Maggie Shipstead 2014
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HB ISBN: 978-0-00-752536-2
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