© 2005 by Neta Jackson

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This novel is a work of fiction. Any references to real events, businesses, organizations, and locales are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. However, some of the events in this novel were inspired by a rash of “hate incidents” on the campus of Northwestern University from 2000 to 2003.

ISBN 978-1-40168-986-5 (2014 repackage)

ISBN 978-1-41853-661-9 (eBook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jackson, Neta.

The yada yada prayer group gets tough / by Neta Jackson.

  p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-59145-358-1 (trade paper)

ISBN 978-1-59554-442-1 (repack)

1. Women—Illinois—Fiction. 2. Christian women—Fiction. 3. Female friendship—Fiction. 4. Prayer groups—Fiction. 5. Chicago (Ill.)—Fiction.

5. Prayer groups—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3560.A2415Y334 2005

813’.54—dc22

2005022353

Printed in the United States of America

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