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The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

A Novel

by Kate Fagan
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  • First Published:
  • Jan 7, 2025, 304 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Feb 2026, 304 pages
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I ask only that you read with an open heart.

Annie Callahan
aka Cass Ford
aka Cate Kay

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Excerpted from The Three Lives of Cate Kay, Copyright © 2025 by Kate Fagan published by Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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