Bitter in the Mouth (29 page)

Bitter in the Mouth
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2010 by Monique T. D. Truong

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Hal Leonard Corporation:
Excerpt from “He Called Me Baby,” words and music by Harlan Howard, copyright © 1961 (renewed 1989) by Beechwood Music Corp.; excerpt from “Coat of Many Colors,” words and music by Dolly Parton, copyright © 1969 (renewed 1997) by Velvet Apple Music; excerpt from “Reunited,” words and music by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, copyright © 1978, 1979 by Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc. and Perren-Vibes Music, Inc. All rights controlled and administered by Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc.; excerpt from “You Belong to Me,” words and music by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart and Chilton Price, copyright © 1952 (renewed) by Ridgeway Music Company, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
Hal Leonard Corporation and Cherry Lane Music Corporation:
Excerpt from “Come Fly With Me,” words by Sammy Cahn, music by James Van Heusen, copyright © 1958 by Cahn Music Co., WB Music Corp. and Maraville Music Corp. Copyright renewed. All rights for Cahn Music Co. administered by WB Music Corp. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation and Cherry Lane Music Corporation.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Truong, Monique T. D.
Bitter in the mouth: a novel / by Monique Truong.
p. cm
eISBN: 978-0-679-60342-9
I. Title.
PS3620.R86B57 2010
813′6—dc22
2009051674

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