Piece of Mind

Illustrations by Caren Adelman

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Adelman, Michelle.
Piece of mind : a novel / Michelle Adelman.—First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-393-24570-7 (hardcover)
1. Young women—Family relationships—Fiction. 2. Domestic fiction.
I. Title.
PS3601.D4667P54 2016
813'.6—dc23

2015032331

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