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  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Also by Silas House
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Part One
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  26. Part Two
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  37. Part Three
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  69. Part Four
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  73. Epilogue: The Everything
  74. Acknowledgments
  75. About the Author
  76. About Algonquin
  77. Copyright

I could not keep writing without the support of all the independent booksellers, librarians, teachers, and readers who have been so good to me through the years. I appreciate the support of friends and colleagues within Berea College and Spalding University’s MFA program. My agent, Joy Harris, believed in this book from the beginning and stuck by me all the way. Thanks to Adam Reed for his great work. The wonderful editing of Kathy Pories made this book shine; I am indebted to her and the hardworking team at Algonquin Books.

This book stands in memory of all the good dogs I have known, particularly Rufus. It would not exist without my family, both blood and chosen; you know who you are. Endless gratitude to my daughters, Olivia and Cheyenne, who taught me how to write this novel by teaching me how to be a father. Jason, every word is for you.

About the Author

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Silas House is the author of five novels, including the New York Times bestseller A Parchment of Leaves. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and a former commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered. House is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and is the winner of the E. B. White Award, the Nautilus Award, the Appalachian Book of the Year, the Hobson Medal for Literature, and other honors.

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Copyright

Published by

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Post Office Box 2225

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-2225

a division of

Workman Publishing

225 Varick Street

New York, New York 10014

© 2018 by Silas House.

“Honest Man,” lyrics by Jim James, © 2001 Jim James.

This is a work of fiction. While, as in all fiction, the literary perceptions and insights are based on experience, all names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

eISBN 978-1-61620-829-5

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