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

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Pearce, A.J. (Amanda-Jane) author. Title: Yours cheerfully : a novel / AJ Pearce.

Subjects: GSAFD: Historial fiction. Classification: LCC PR6116.E1675 Y68 2021 (print) | LCC PR6116.E1675 (ebook) | DC 823/.92—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020000

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020001

ISBN 978-1-5011-7009-6

ISBN 978-1-5011-7011-9 (ebook)