The Precious One (37 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am so grateful to the following people:

Jennifer Carlson, wonder-agent, guardian angel, cherished friend;

Jennifer Brehl, my editor, whose honesty and laser-beam brilliance make my writing so much better;

the incredible William Morrow team, especially Liate Stehlik, Tavia Kowalchuk, Kelly O’Connor, Rebecca Lucash, Ashley Marudas, and the ever-dazzling Sharyn Rosenblum;

Kristina de los Santos, Susan Davis, Dan Fertel, and Annie Pilson, for their generous early reading and steadfast faith in my books;

the Fiction Writers Co-Op, writers who cheer each other on, lift each other up, and from whom I have learned so very much;

my family of friends and fellow swim parents;

Finny and Huxley, who are not exactly people but who are true friends all the same, and who abide with me (on my lap, at my feet) during those long, long hours of writing;

my parents, who are far away and also always with me;

Charles and Annabel, my own precious ones, who make me fiercely glad to be living this life and no other;

and David Teague, the smartest man I know, who talks me down and through and sometimes into, and whom I love relentlessly.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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A
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bestselling author and award-winning poet with a PhD in literature and creative writing,
MARISA DE LOS SANTOS
lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with her family.

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ALSO BY MARISA DE LOS SANTOS

Falling Together

Belong to Me

Love Walked In

CREDITS

COVER DESIGN BY MARK SCHUCK

COPYRIGHT

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE PRECIOUS ONE
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FIRST EDITION

ISBN 978-0-06-167089-3 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-06-239072-1 (international edition)

EPub Edition March 2015 ISBN: 9780062323804

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