ALMA ALEXANDER
The Secrets of Jin-Shei
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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2004
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EPub Edition © JULY 2016 ISBN 9780007392063 Version: 2016-07-21
to the women who shaped my life
my grandmother
for her unconditional love
my mother
for her sometimes deeply bewildered pride
and to my own jin-shei circle
(you know who you are)
for everything
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