This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Lyrics from “Once I Had a Secret Love” by Sammy Fain © 1954 (renewed) Warner Bros. Inc. (ASCAP) used by permission

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Unbridled Books
Denver, Colorado

Copyright © 2005 Nancy Zafris

Originally published as an Unbridled Books hardcover.
First paperback edition, 2006

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zafris, Nancy.
Lucky Strike / Nancy Zafris.
p. cm.
Hardcover edition ISBN 1-932961-04-6
Paperback edition ISBN 1-932961-16-X
1. Uranium mines and mining—Fiction. 2. Single mothers—Fiction.
3. Uranium miners—Fiction. 4. Prospecting—Fiction.
5. Widows—Fiction. 6. Utah—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3576.A285L83 2005
813'.54—dc22

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