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Quote by Masaru Emoto used with permission from Beyond Words Publishing

© 2001 by Masaru Emoto. English translation © 2004 by Beyond Words Publishing. From the book The Hidden Messages in Water. Reprinted with permission from Beyond Words Publishing, Hillsboro OR.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Goobie, Beth, 1959-

Born ugly / Beth Goobie.

ISBN 978-0-88995-457-1
eISBN 978-1-55244-292-0

I. Title.

PS8563.O8326B67 2011 jC813’.54 C2011-901435-1

Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S)

Goobie, Beth

Born ugly / Goobie, Beth.

[ 272 ] p. : 13.3 x 18.4 cm.

Summary: A young girl struggles with her negative self-image and feelings of being a victim, as she learns to assert herself for the first time in her life.

ISBN: 978-0-88995-457-1 (pbk.)
eISBN 978-1-55244-292-0

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