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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
Copyright © Sofia Lundberg 2017
English Translation © Alice Menzies 2017
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Alice Menzies asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this translation
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008277925
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2019 ISBN: 9780008277949
Version: 2018-11-27
For Doris, heaven’s most beautiful angel You gave me air to breathe and wings to fly.
And for Oskar, my most precious treasure.
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Copyright
Dedication