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    Rights statement: © Lambert, 2020. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, 10, 1, 89-103, 2020, 10.1386/fict_00016_7

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'So That's the Tale': A sequence of vignettes on caring and chronic illness

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'So That's the Tale': A sequence of vignettes on caring and chronic illness. / Lambert, Zoe.
In: Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, Vol. 10, No. 1, 01.04.2020, p. 89-103.

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Lambert, Z 2020, ''So That's the Tale': A sequence of vignettes on caring and chronic illness', Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1386/fict_00016_7

APA

Lambert, Z. (2020). 'So That's the Tale': A sequence of vignettes on caring and chronic illness. Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, 10(1), 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1386/fict_00016_7

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Lambert Z. 'So That's the Tale': A sequence of vignettes on caring and chronic illness. Short Fiction in Theory and Practice. 2020 Apr 1;10(1):89-103. doi: 10.1386/fict_00016_7

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Lambert, Zoe. / 'So That's the Tale' : A sequence of vignettes on caring and chronic illness. In: Short Fiction in Theory and Practice. 2020 ; Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 89-103.

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