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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Woodson Harvey, Kristy.
Lies and other acts of love / Kristy Woodson Harvey.—Berkley trade paperback edition.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-101-98706-3
1. Family secrets—Fiction. 2. Matrilineal kinship—Fiction. 3. Life-change events—Fiction. 4. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PS3623.O6785L54 2016
813'.6—dc23
2015018199
PUBLISHING HISTORY
Berkley trade paperback edition / April 2016
Cover photo © Rafa Elias / Getty Images.
Cover design by Sarah Oberrender.
This 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, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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