This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2014 by Kate Alcott
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House Companies.
DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered trademarks of Random House LLC.
Cover design by Lynn Buckley
Cover illustration © Ricardo Demurez/Trevillion Images
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Alcott, Kate.
The daring ladies of Lowell / Kate Alcott. — First edition. pages cm.
1. Young women—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6101.L426D33 2013
823'.92—dc23
2013010093
ISBN 9780385536493 (hardcover)
ISBN 9780385536509 (eBook)
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