Chapters (47)
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Epigraphs
- Prologue
- Part One
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- Part Two
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
Independent booksellers have been so supportive early in this journey, including Kayleen Rohrer at InkLink Books in East Troy, Daniel Golden at Boswell Books in Milwaukee, Joanne Berg at Mystery to Me in Madison, Pamela Klinger-Horn at Excelsior Bay Books in Excelsior, and Mary Webber O’Malley at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville. Jason Gobble and Stacie Michelle Williams have been so generous with their time and advice. I am awed by the care and effort booksellers put into finding the right books for the right readers.
For help with my research, thanks to Lynn Southey, for keeping me connected to her lovely, memory-filled Wellfleet home; Kate Paddon, for her Cape Cod real estate knowledge; and Jen Hannon at Godfrey & Kahn, for trust and estate help at far below her hourly rate. Thanks also to Molly Snyder, Monica Rausch, Marilyn Duarte, Sigrid Ohnesorge, Airin Aquarius, and Katy Weeks from Sugar Surf; Bonnie McIlvene from the Wicked Oyster; and Julie Prochnow and Margie Freeman for the yoga assists.
Special gratitude to the best writing group in the universe: Lauren Fox, Liam Callanan, Aims McGinnis, Anuradha Deshmukh, and Jon Olson. My writing friends and partners have been so generous with their time and expertise: Sarah Eisner, Janelle Lindsay, Judy Bridges, Phong Nguyen, Chris Fink, Jean Thompson, and Christine Sneed. Thanks also to the Ragdale Foundation, for offering me the time and space to write; LitCamp, for connecting me to an amazing writing community; and UW-Milwaukee’s English department for nurturing my craft.
Love to my early readers, who absolutely helped make this a better novel: Lisa Blue, Betty Porter, Joan Kappas, Karen Jarrard, Stephanie Lyons, Sheila Cardenas, Bob Piper, Olivia Clancy, Diana Goldberg, Tim Kiefer, Francine Inbinder, Joan Wickersham, and Kristen Park.
I’m humble and teary-eyed with gratitude for the many constellations of kind people who have offered me support over the years and wish I could name all my former students and colleagues at Beloit College, my book group, the spinners who have endured my spin classes, and my wonderful friends in Madison at the East Troy “chickpad,” in Milwaukee and elsewhere.
Finally, thank you to all the people I’ve yet to come into contact with, including marketing and promotion experts, booksellers and librarians, and of course you, the reader. I’m so genuinely happy that this novel has found its way to you.
About the Author
Christina Clancy is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, The Sun magazine and in various literary journals including Glimmer Train, Pleiades, and Hobart. She holds a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Second Home is her first novel. You can sign up for email updates here.
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