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The Woman’s Daughter, consisting of Part I and sections of
Part III, was published by the Raven Arts Press 1987
This edition, with new and revised material, first published by
Viking 1991 and in paperback by Penguin 1992

Dermot Bolger asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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