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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: March, Emily, author.
Title: Balancing act / Emily March.
Description: First edition. | New York : Forever, 2023. | Series: A Lake in the Clouds novel
Identifiers: LCCN 2023026366 | ISBN 9781538707401 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781538707425 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Mothers and daughters--Fiction. | Self-realization in women--Fiction. | LCGFT: Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3604.A9787 B35 2023 | DDC 813/.54--dc23/eng/20230609
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023026366
ISBNs: 9781538707401 (trade paperback), 9781538707425 (ebook)
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