My Sisters' Keeper

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My Sisters' Keeper
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Author L.P. Hartley
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publisher Hamish Hamilton
Publication date
26 March 1970
Media typePrint

My Sisters' Keeper is a 1970 novel by the British writer L.P. Hartley. [1]

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References

  1. Wright p.247

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