THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK

PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2018 by Jana Casale

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Casale, Jana, author.

Title: The girl who never read Noam Chomsky : a novel / Jana Casale.

Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017028589 | ISBN 9781524731991 (hardcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9781524732004 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Self-actualization (Psychology) in women—Fiction. | Self-realization in women—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3603.A826 G57 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2017028589

Ebook ISBN 9781524732004

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, 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.

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