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First published in the United States of America by Pamela Dorman/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017
Published in Penguin Books 2018
A Pamela Dorman / Penguin Book
Copyright © 2017 by Kathy Hepinstall
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ISBN 9780399562105 (paperback)
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Names: Hepinstall, Kathy, author.
Title: The book of Polly : a novel / Kathy Hepinstall.
Description: New York, New York : Pamela Dorman Books, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016057907 (print) | LCCN 2017005428 (ebook) | ISBN 9780399562099 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780399562112 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Mothers and daughters—Fiction. | Dysfunctional families—Fiction. | Family secrets—Fiction. | Domestic fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Contemporary Women. | FICTION / Family Life. | FICTION / Coming of Age. | GSAFD: Bildungsromans.
Classification: LCC PS3558.E577 B66 2017b (print) | LCC PS3558.E577 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov /2016057907
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: Donna Cheng
Cover images: (woman with hat) Steve Satushek / Getty Images; (squirrel) Iris Friedrich / plainpicture; (background) Elektrons 08 / plainpicture
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