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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2005 by Deb Caletti

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Caletti, Deb.

Wild roses / Deb Caletti.—1st ed.

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Summary: In Washington State, seventeen-year-old Cassie learns about the good and bad sides of both love and genius while living with her mother and brilliant, yet disturbed, violinist stepfather and falling in love with a gifted young musician.

IBN-13: 978-0-689-86766-8

ISBN-10: 0-689-86766-2 (hardcover)

[1. Mental illness—Fiction. 2. Love—Fiction. 3. Stepfathers—Fiction. 4. Remarriage—Fiction. 5. Violinists—Fiction. 6. Musicians—Fiction. 7. Washington (State)—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.C127437 Wi 2005

[Fic]—dc22          2004023230

eISBN-13: 978-1-4391-1548-0