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| Author | Margaret Dilloway |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Chick lit Fiction |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-0399156373 |
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The book was a John Gardner Fiction Award Finalist in 2011. [3]
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