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Copyright © Sofia Lundberg 2017
English Translation © Alice Menzies 2017
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Sofia Lundberg asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
Alice Menzies asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this translation
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008277925
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2019 ISBN: 9780008277949
Version: 2018-11-27
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Epilogue
About the Author
The saltshaker.
The pillbox. The bowl of lozenges. The blood-pressure monitor in its oval plastic case. The magnifying glass and its red-bobbin-lace strap, taken from a Christmas curtain, tied in three fat knots. The phone with the extra-large numbers. The old red-leather address book, its bent corners revealing the yellowed paper within. She arranges everything carefully, in the middle of the kitchen table. They have to be lined up just so. No creases on the neatly ironed baby-blue linen tablecloth.