Copyright © 2013 Wendy Webb
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The Library of Congress has catalogued the original print edition of this book as follows:
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Webb, Wendy.
The fate of Mercy Alban/Wendy Webb.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4013-4193-0
1. Single mothers—Fiction. 2. Family secrets—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3623.E3926F38 2013
813'.6—dc23
2012027376
eBook Edition ISBN: 978-1-4013-4289-0
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