title: Fortunes of the Dead: A Lena Padget Novel
author: Lynn Hightower
description: <b>Lynn Hightower</b>'s previous novels include <i>Fortunes of the Dead, High Water,</i> and the Shamus Award winner <i>Satan's Lambs.</i> She studied creative writing with Wendell Berry at the University of Kentucky and holds a degree in journalism. She lives in the South.
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  Lena & Ivar Copyright © 2019 by Celeste Barclay. All Rights Reserved.
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
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  Celeste Barclay
  
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  Printed in the United States of America
  
  First Printing: Nov 2019
  
  Celeste Barclay
  
  ISBN-13 978-1-7339004-8-5
  
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