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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cantor, Jillian, author.

Title: The lost letter : a novel / Jillian Cantor.

Description: New York : Riverhead Books, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016039408 | ISBN 9780399185670 | ISBN 9780399185694 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3603.A587 P76 2017 | DDC 813/. 6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016039408

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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.

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