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Copyright © 2007 by Julie Kenner

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First edition July 2007

Library of Congress Cataloging -m-Publication Data

Kenner, Julie

Demons are forever confessions of a demon-hunting soccer mom/Julie Kenner—1st ed

p cm

ISBN 978 0-425-21538-8

1 Demonology—Fiction 2 Suburban life—Fiction 3 Mothers—Fiction I Title

PS3611 E665D46 2007 813 6—dc22

2007008009

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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