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    Blood Knowledge of Swans
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    Blood Knowledge of Swans

    By Karen L. Abrahamson

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    A small child, a string of pearls and a pool of swans converge in this short story of family life gone wrong. For Bella, in a world of beautiful swans, her mother is the most beautiful being of all. But swans abandon Bella every year and now her mother may abandon her, too. In a world of magic, what’s a child to do?

    Includes Short Story "In a Fold of Green Leaf Shadows".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTwisted Root Publishing
    Release dateJan 15, 2012
    ISBN9781465808455
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