The Shimmering State
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About the Author
Meredith Westgate grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MFA in fiction from the New School. The Shimmering State is her first novel.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Westgate, Meredith, author.
Title: The shimmering state : a novel / Meredith Westgate.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books, 2021. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2021012852 (print) | LCCN 2021012853 (ebook) | ISBN 9781982156718 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781982156732 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Memory--Fiction. | GSAFD: Dystopias.
Classification: LCC PS3623.E84925 S55 2021 (print) | LCC PS3623.E84925 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021012852
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021012853
ISBN 978-1-9821-5671-8
ISBN 978-1-9821-5673-2 (ebook)