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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dawson, Ella 1992– author.
Title: But how are you, really: a novel / Ella Dawson.
Description: [New York]: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023040302 (print) | LCCN 2023040303 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593473771 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593473788 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Romance fiction. | Bisexual fiction. | Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3604.A978585 B88 2024 (print) | LCC PS3604.A978585 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20230914
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023040302
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023040303
Ebook ISBN 9780593473788
Cover design by Vi-An Nguyen
Book design by Alison Cnockaert, adapted for ebook by Molly Jeskze
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Contents
Dedication
Thursday
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Friday
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Saturday
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Sunday
Chapter 12
