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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
The five lost aunts of Harriet Bean / Alexander McCall Smith.
(Harriet Bean series; bk. 1)
ISBN 0-676-97776-6
I. Title. II. Series: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- Harriet Bean series; bk. 1.
PR6063.C326L68 2006 j823′.914 C2005-905429-8