by Lisa Samson
Thank you to my readers who’ve been with me all these years. I hope you will accept this as my gift to you for your daughters and granddaughters.
APPLES OF GOLD
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Copyright © 2006 by Lisa E. Samson
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Samson, Lisa, 1964–
Apples of gold: a parable of purity/Lisa Samson.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Sexual abstinence—Fiction. 2. Sisters—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.A46673A79 2006
813′.54—dc22
2006010243
eISBN: 978-0-307-49970-7
v3.0