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Map of Japan copyright © 2014 by Eiji Kanno
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
O’Keefe, Constance.
A thousand stitches : a novel / by Constance O’Keefe.
pages cm
ISBN [first print edition 978-1-56474-565-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Pilots and pilotage—Japan—History—Fiction.
2. Marriage—Fiction.
3. Reflections—Fiction.
4. Emotions—Political aspects—Fiction.
5. Autobiography—Fiction.
PS3615.O394T46 2014
813’.6—dc23
2014010787