Lifesaving for Beginners
Copyright © 2017 by Anne Edelstein
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Edelstein, Anne author.
Title: Lifesaving for beginners : a memoir / by Anne Edelstein.
Description: First edition. | Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017011415 | ISBN 9781597096058 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781597095792 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Edelstein, Anne. | Edelstein, Anne—Family. | Book editors—United States—Biography. | Literary agents—United-States—Biography. Classification: LCC PN149.9.E44 A3 2017 | DDC 818/.603 [B]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017011415
The National Endowment for the Arts, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the Max Factor Family Foundation, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation, the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Aff airs Division, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Aff airs, the Audrey & Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Amazon Literary Partnership, and the Sherwood Foundation partially support Red Hen Press.
First Edition
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