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Title: Mud lilies / Indra Ramayan.

Names: Ramayan, Indra, author.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210362375 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210362391 |

isbn 9781770866409 (softcover) | isbn 9781770866416 (html)

Classification: lcc ps8635.a46145 m83 2022 | ddc c813/.6—dc23

United States Library of Congress Control Number: 2022930281

Cover photo and design: Angel Guerra / Archetype

Interior text design: Tannice Goddard, tannicegdesigns.ca

The interior of this book is printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper.

Printed and bound in Canada.

Manufactured by Houghton Boston in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in March 2022.

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