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Chapters (52)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. 1.
  5. 2.
  6. Jonah
  7. 3.
  8. 4.
  9. Luna
  10. 5.
  11. 6.
  12. 7.
  13. 8.
  14. Emily
  15. 9.
  16. 10.
  17. 11.
  18. 12.
  19. 13.
  20. 14.
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  22. 16.
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  25. 19.
  26. 20.
  27. Alexis
  28. 21.
  29. 22.
  30. 23.
  31. 24.
  32. Naomi
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  35. 27.
  36. 28.
  37. 29.
  38. 30.
  39. Simone
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  41. 32.
  42. 33.
  43. 34.
  44. 35.
  45. ONE MONTH LATER
  46. 36.
  47. Elizabeth
  48. Jonah
  49. Acknowledgments
  50. Readers Group Guide
  51. About the Author
  52. Copyright

Big love to sweet Jim, Kimberly, Erica, Christina, Cari, Lisa, Amy, Sara, and Olin for your early reads and open doors, and to my family for everything. Charlotte, David, Alex, Montgomery, Ellie, Layla, my Finches, aunties, uncles, cousins, and our Queen B, Marthann Bennett: I love y’all like crazy.

Most of all, beyond measure: thank you, Mom and Dad, for being the best guides a human could wish for. I’m so proud to be your daughter, so lucky to learn from you and love you and be loved by you. Thank you for being brave and wild enough to never flinch as I’ve hacked my own path. To, instead, shine light on the path. Thank you for this life.

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Despite the things these characters made me write, my respect for modern medicine knows no bounds. I could never have invented a shadow side without so many fine examples of the bright side. Dr. David Walker, thank you for being brilliant and for fielding weird questions and explaining best practices so I could build a character who defies them. Dr. Alexander Langerman, Dr. Randall Starling, Dr. Mazen Hanna, Dr. Robert Lorenz, Dr. Mohamed Kanj, Dr. Edward Desai, Dr. Edward Soltesz, and Kay Kendall: thank you for being so good at your jobs.

To all registered organ donors and families of donors: thank you.

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Man of the Year

Caroline Louise Walker