Girl Runner (27 page)

CARRIE SNYDER’S
most recent book,
The Juliet Stories
, was shortlisted for the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award and named one of the
Globe and Mail
’s Top 100 Books of the Year. Her first book, the short story collection
Hair Hat
, was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award for Short Fiction. Carrie lives with her family in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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The Juliet Stories

Hair Hat

Cover design by Kelly Blair

Cover illustration © Illustrated London News LTD/Mary Evans

Map © 2014 by Laura Hartman Maestro

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

GIRL RUNNER
. Copyright © 2015 by Carrie Snyder. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

ISBN 978-0-06-233604-0

EPub Edition FEBRUARY 2015 ISBN 9780062336064

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