First published in the US in 2024 by

Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers

First published in the UK in 2024

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Copyright © Isabel Banta, 2024

 

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations, places and events are either 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.

 

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Ebook ISBN: 978-1-80418-418-9

Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-80418-417-2

Hardback ISBN: 978-1-80418-416-5

 

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