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First published in 2008 in the US by Agate Publishing

First published in Great Britain 2018

Copyright © Jesmyn Ward, 2008

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This is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental

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ISBN: PB: 978-1-4088-9982-3; eBook: 978-1-4088-9983-0

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