The Mistress of Spices (38 page)

All of the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental

Copyright ©
1997
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this book as follows:
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956–
The mistress of spices / by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. —
1st Anchor Books ed.
p. cm.
I. Title.
PS3554.I86M47   1997   96-23767
813’.54—dc2o      CIP
eISBN: 978-0-307-47677-7

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