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

Lea, Sonya.

Wondering who you are : a memoir / by Sonya Lea. -- First U.S. edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-941040-07-2 (alk. paper)

ISBN 978-1-941040-08-9 (e-book)

1. Lea, Sonya. 2. Appendix (Anatomy)--Cancer--Patients--Family relationships--United States. 3. Appendix (Anatomy)--Cancer--Patients--United States--Biography. 4. Amnesiacs--United States--Biography. I. Title.

RC280.A66L43 2015

616.99’436--dc23

2015001537

Lyrics on page 279 excerpted from the Alexi Murdoch song “Wait” which appeared on his album Time Without Consequence (Zero Summer, 2006). Lyrics reprinted courtesy of Nettwerk One Music (Canada) Limited. More information at aleximurdoch.com.

First US edition 2015

Interior design by Diane Chonette

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