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National Library Board Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data

Tham, Claire, 1967-

Skimming/Claire Tham. — Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2010.

p. cm.

ISBN-13 : 978-981-4302-84-5
eISBN : 978 981 4677 60 8

1. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) — Fiction. 2. Man-woman relationships —

Fiction. I. Title.

PR9570.S53

S823 - dc22      OCN629998687

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