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  Copyright © 2006 by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith

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  Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone.

  Girls of tender age: a memoir/Mary-Ann Tirone Smith.

  p. cm

  1. Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone—Childhood and youth. 2. Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone—Homes and haunts—Connecticut—Hartford. 3. Novelists, American—Homes and haunts—Connecticut—Hartford. 4. Novelists, American—20th century—Biography. 5. Hartford (Conn.)—Social life and customs. 6. Child molesters—Connecticut—Hartford. I. Title.

  PS3569.M537736 Z465 2006

  813'.54[B]—dc22 2005051376

  ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-7977-2 ISBN-13:978-0-7432-7978-9 (Pbk)

  ISBN-10: 0-7432-7977-8 ISBN-10: 0-7432-7978-6 (Pbk)

  ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-9294-8 (eBook)