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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jewell, Lisa, author.
Title: The girls : a novel / Lisa Jewell.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books,
2016. | 2015
Identifiers: LCCN 2015033538| ISBN 9781476792217 (hardcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9781476792224 (softcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9781476792231 (ebook)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PR6060.E95 G57 2016 | DDC 823/.914—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015033538
ISBN 978-1-4767-9221-7
ISBN 978-1-4767-9223-1 (ebook)