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The lines quoted on pages 55 and 367 “The time has grown so short, the world so wide” are taken from the opera The Tender Land, libretto by Horace Everett and music by Aaron Copland. First performed April 1, 1954, a production of the New York City Opera.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: The world so wide / Zilla Jones.

Names: Jones, Zilla, author.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20240460383 | Canadiana (ebook) 20240460421 | ISBN 9781770867758 (softcover) | ISBN 9781770867765 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PS8619.O543 W67 2025 | DDC C813/.6—dc23

United States Library of Congress Control Number: 2024944651

Cover and interior design: Marijke Friesen

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