Copyright © 2004 by Mary Sharratt
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Sharratt, Mary, date.
The real Minerva / Mary Sharratt.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-618-61888-0 (pbk.)
1. Women—Minnesota—Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters—Fiction.
3. Physicians' spouses—Fiction. 4. Women domestics—Fiction.
5. Pregnant women—Fiction. 6. Single mothers—Fiction.
7. Minnesota—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.H3449R43 2004
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