I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

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  CONTENTS

  TITLE PAGE

  COPYRIGHT NOTICE

  DEDICATION

  EPIGRAPH

  LAST NIGHT

  SLUMBERLAND

  HILL OF HELL

  CULT OF MARY

  LIZARDS

  THE PITCH

  VOLCANO HOUSE

  FRIENDS

  KAROLINA

  YOUR SECOND WIFE

  I HOLD A WOLF BY THE EARS

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  ALSO BY LAURA VAN DEN BERG

  A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  COPYRIGHT

  Farrar, Straus and Giroux

  120 Broadway, New York 10271

  Copyright © 2020 by Laura van den Berg

  All rights reserved

  First edition, 2020

  Interior photograph by Leedsn / Shutterstock.com

  E-book ISBN: 978-0-374-71498-7

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