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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kingsbury, Karen.
The bridge : a novel / Karen Kingsbury.
p. cm.
I. Title.
PS3561.I4873B75 2012
813′.54—dc23
2012002866
ISBN 978-1-4516-4701-3 (print)
ISBN 978-1-4516-4702-0 (eBook)
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