Temporary

Cover art and design by Sarah Evenson

Book design by Rachel Holscher

Author photograph © Sylvie Rosokoff

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Leichter, Hilary, author.

Title: Temporary / Hilary Leichter.

Description: Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2020. | “An Emily Books Original.”

Identifiers: LCCN 2019015719 (print) | LCCN 2019016842 (ebook) | ISBN 9781566895743 (ebook) | ISBN 9781566895668 (trade pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Single women—Fiction. | Temporary employment—Fiction. | Precarious employment—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3612.E35557 (ebook) | LCC PS3612.E35557 T46 2020 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019015719

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