Jockey Girl

by Shelley Peterson

  Copyright © Shelley Peterson, 2016

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  Cover Design: Courtney Horner

  Cover image: © Dave Landry Photo

  Illustrations: © Marybeth Drake

  Epub Design: Carmen Giraudy

  Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

  Peterson, Shelley, 1952-, author

  Jockey girl / Shelley Peterson.

  Issued in print and electronic formats.

  ISBN 978-1-4597-3434-0 (paperback).--ISBN 978-1-4597-3435-7 (pdf).-- ISBN 978-1-4597-3436-4 (epub)

  I. Title.

  PS8581.E8417J63 2015 jC813’.54 C2015-905600-4

  C2015-905601-2

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