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First published in UK by Alma Books Limited in 2009
Paperback edition first published by Alma Books Limited in 2010
Copyright © Maureen Myant, 2009
Maureen Myant asserts her moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
The publisher acknowledges subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council towards the publication of this volume.
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.
Printed in Great Britain by CPI Cox & Wyman, Reading, Berkshire
ISBN: 978-1-84688-103-9
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84688-227-2
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For my mother, Agnes Cummins