A Widow for One Yearis a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Irving, John.
A widow for one year : a novel / John Irving.
p.     cm.
ISBN 0-375-50447-8
v1.0
I. Title.
PS3559.R8W53     1998
813'.54—dc21     97-49166

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