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Copyright © 2019 by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969– author.

Title: City of girls / Elizabeth Gilbert.

Description: New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019009003 (print) | LCCN 2019011748 (ebook) | ISBN 9780698408326 (ebook) | ISBN 9781594634734 (hardcover)

Subjects: | GSAFD: Love stories.

Classification: LCC PS3557.I3415 (ebook) | LCC PS3557.I3415 C58 2019 (print) | DCC 813/.54–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019009003

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover design: Grace Han