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Copyright © 2023 by Patti Callahan Henry
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Henry, Patti Callahan author.
Title: The secret book of Flora Lea : a novel / Patti Callahan Henry.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books, 2023.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022052496 (print) | LCCN 2022052497 (ebook) | ISBN 9781668011836 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781668011850 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3608.E578 S43 2023 (print) | LCC PS3608.E578 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6–dc23/eng/20221116
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022052496
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022052497
ISBN 978-1-6680-1183-6
ISBN 978-1-6680-1185-0 (ebook)