Astray
Copyright © 2012 by Emma Donoghue, Ltd.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Donoghue, Emma, 1969–
Astray / Emma Donoghue.
Short stories.
ISBN 978-1-44341-079-3
I. Title.
PS8557.O559A88 2012 C813’.54 C2012-903035-X
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