Copyright © 2019 Sonia Saikaley

Except for the use of short passages for review purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced, in part or in whole, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanically, including photocopying, recording, or any information or storage retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher or a licence from the Canadian Copyright Collective Agency (Access Copyright).

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund.

The Allspice Bath is a work of fiction. All the characters and situations portrayed in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Cover design: Val Fullard

eBook: tikaebooks.com

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: The allspice bath : a novel / Sonia Saikaley.

Names: Saikaley, Sonia, author.

Series: Inanna poetry & fiction series.

Description: Series statement: Inanna poetry & fiction series

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190094559 | Canadiana (ebook) 20190094575 | ISBN 9781771336178

(softcover) | ISBN 9781771336185 (epub) | ISBN 9781771336192 (Kindle) | ISBN 9781771336208 (pdf)

Classification: LCC PS8637.A4495 A75 2019 | DDC C813/.6—dc23

Printed and bound in Canada

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