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First published in Canada by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1977
Published in Penguin Books 1996

Copyright © Carol Shields, 1977

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
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, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Shields, Carol.
The box garden/Carol Shields.
p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-101-16173-9

I. Title.
PR9199.3.S514B69 1996
813’.54—dc20 95-30644