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Little Fires Everywhere. A novel

Селеста инг (Celeste Ng)

ALSO BY CELESTE NG

Everything I Never Told You

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Copyright © 2017 by Celeste Ng

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ISBN 9780735224292 (hardcover)

ISBN 9780735224308 (eBook)

ISBN 9780525522560 (international edition)

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

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To those out on their own paths, setting little fires

CONTENTS

ALSO BY CELESTE NG

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

EPIGRAPH

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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