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DEDICATION

To the family I was blessed to be born into,

and the family I was privileged to marry.

EPIGRAPH

All my gratitude to my agent, Jodie Rhodes, who gave me something every novelist needs: a gem of an idea. And to my editor, Susan Watt, and all the wonderful people at HarperCollins, for their enduring faith in me. Every author should be this lucky.