Literacy and Longing in L. A. (23 page)

LITERACY AND LONGING IN L.A.

A Delacorte Book / June 2006

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 2006 by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Kaufman, Jennifer.

Literacy and longing in L.A. / Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack.

p. cm.

1. Women—Books and reading—Fiction. 2. Los Angeles (Calif.)—Fiction. I. Mack, Karen. II. Title

PS3611.A837 L58 2006                           2005058263

813/.6 22

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