I also want to thank Jonathan Burnham, for his faith and encouragement these past few years, and everyone at Harper—Sarah Ried, Doug Jones, Leah Wasielewski, Katie O'Callaghan, Leslie Cohen, Virginia Stanley, Lydia Weaver, and Suzanne Mitchell; as well as Jenny Meyer, foreign agent extraordinaire, Hallie Schaeffer, and Heidi Gall. Extra special gratitude to Michelle Weiner at CAA.
Thanks also to Jillian Medoff, Liz Kay, Julie Clark, Colleen Oakley, Pam Cope, Madison Duckworth, Stephanie Addikis, Ben Sneed, Carly Beal, Hayley Downs, Kate Lemery, Lisa Selin Davis, Patrick McNulty, Alex Moggridge, Anne Rosow, Jen Ziegler, Susie Greenebaum, Tara Goodrich, Nancy Rawlinson, Julie Cooper, Whitney Brown, and Sam Miller. And, of course, to Chief of Police L. Edward Moore in Hudson, NY for helping me plot a disappearance.
Thanks to my family—Moira, Mark, Bob, Megan, Patrick, Ryan, Kevin, Abby, Brigid, Mary, Caite, and Madeleine—especially my mother, who allowed me to read her this book over the phone more times than I can say and my father, the reason I am both a writer and a reader. And, most of all, to Noelle, Shea and Mark (and Wish and Millie). There’s nobody else with whom I’d rather spend a pandemic.
About the Author
AIMEE MOLLOY is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Perfect Mother, her debut novel. She is also the author of However Long the Night: Molly Melching’s Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph and the coauthor of several books of nonfiction. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her family.
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