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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clark, Robert, 1952–
Love among the ruins : a novel / by Robert Clark.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-393-02015-0
1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Middle West—Fiction. 2. Middle West—Fiction.
3. Teenagers—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.L2878 L68 2001
813’.54—dc21 2001018006
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