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Chapters (39)
  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  39. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

To Dr. Melissa Duff, associate professor in the Department for Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and to Dr. Nicole Licking and Dr. Veena Mathad for taking the time to answer my questions regarding Claire both over email and phone. It was very important to me that Claire’s experience with the world of memory and memory loss was as authentic as possible for someone with anterograde amnesia. Thank you, Dr. Duff, for your work with people who experience this kind of challenge and for the empathy you made sure I brought in developing Claire’s character. I hope I got the job done.

To my editor, Chris Werner, who saw what was special about Claire from the very first draft and believed her story was worth telling, even if I still had a few rounds to get there. And to my agent, Jessica Faust, for your optimism, expertise, and honesty and, as always, for your support of writers at all stages of the craft. To the deeply talented Tiffany Yates Martin for yet again walking beside me on the editing journey and deftly guiding this story to levels beyond my expectations. And to Gabe Dumpit, Laura Barrett, Rachel Norfleet, Kellie Osborne, and the entire Lake Union team for shepherding this book to publication. You make it look so easy.

And to all my early readers and critique partners, who see my writing and storytelling at its absolute ugliest, but whose honesty I depend on to create a better story: Sara Miller, Mary Johnson and Elizabeth Richards, Christi Moffat, Nicole Hackett, Taryn Young, Matt Adams, Mindy Pellegrino, Sarah Chase, and Denise Boeding. And to Emery Archer for sharing your love of music and guitar know-how with me.

And to the people who let me live in a made-up world, obsess over characters, travel to far-flung destinations, and love and support me every step of the way—my family. Mom and Dad, for making me believe I could do whatever I set my mind to. Ella, Keira, and Sawyer: my life is infinitely richer because of you. And finally, to Sean, my heart, my best friend, the man who makes me coffee every morning: you are the perfect partner to this wild adventure.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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