The Magnolia Palace

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Copyright © 2022 by Fiona Davis

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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data

Names: Davis, Fiona, 1966– author.

Title: The magnolia palace: a novel / Fiona Davis.

Description: 1. | New York: Dutton, Penguin Random House, 2022. | Identifiers: LCCN 2021031241 (print) | LCCN 2021031242 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593184011 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593184028 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3604.A95695 M34 2022 (print) | LCC PS3604.A95695 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021031241

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021031242

Cover design by Christopher Lin

Cover photographs: (flowers) Oksana Hlianko / Getty Images; (woman) June 12, 1928. Brooke / Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images; (building) Sandra Baker / Alamy Stock Photo

Book design by Laura K. Corless, adapted for ebook by Kelly Brennan

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. The author’s use of names of historical figures, places, or events is not intended to change the entirely fictional character of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

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