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First published 2016
Copyright © Donna Morrissey, 2016
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Publisher’s note: This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cover design: Lisa Jager
Cover image: (man and dog) Ibai Acevedo/Getty Images;
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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION
Morrissey, Donna, 1956-, author
The fortunate brother / Donna Morrissey.
ISBN 978-0-670-06606-3 (paperback)
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PS8576.O74164F67 2016 C813′.54 C2015-908753-8
Ebook ISBN 9780143196211
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