America for Beginners. Leah Franqui

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      First published in the UK by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

      Copyright © Leah Franqui 2018

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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: 9780008229139

      Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780008229153

      Version: 2018-06-27

       Dedication

      For Rohan, who told me I should

       and

       For my family, who always knew I could

       Epigraph

      Flying toward thankfulness, you become

      the rare bird with one wing made of fear,

      and one of hope. In autumn,

      a rose crawling along the ground in the cold wind.

      Rain on the roof runs down and out by the spout

      as fast as it can.

      Talking is pain. Lie down and rest,

      now that you’ve found a friend to be with.

      —Rabindranath Tagore