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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Marnell, Cat, author.

Title: How to murder your life : a memoir / Cat Marnell.

Description: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017. |Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016052226 (print) | LCCN 2016053686 (ebook) | ISBN 9781476752273 (hardback) | ISBN 9781476752396 (paperback) | ISBN 9781476752419.

Subjects: LCSH: Marnell, Cat. | Drug addicts—New York (State)—New York—Biography. | Women drug addicts—New York (State)—New York—Biography. | Young women—New York (State) —New York—Biography. | Clothing trade—New York (State)—New York—Biography. | Fashion—New York (State)—New York. | Nightlife—New York (State)—New York. | New York (N.Y.)—Social life and customs. | New York (N.Y.)—Biography. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & ­AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.

Classification: LCC HV5805.M3683 A3 2017 (print) | LCC HV5805.M3683 (ebook) | DDC 362.29/9092 [B]—dc23.

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016052226.

ISBN 978-1-4767-5227-3

ISBN 978-1-4767-5241-9 (ebook)