First published 2004 in Macmillan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
This Pan edition published 2004 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
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Copyright © Ilsa Evans 2004

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National Library of Australia
cataloguing-in-publication data:

Evans, Ilsa.
Drip dry.

ISBN 0 330 42135 2.

1. Crises – Fiction. 2. Family – Fiction. I. Title.

A823.4

Typeset in 11.5/13 pt Bembo by Post Pre-press Group
Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group

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