Those We Love Most (40 page)

There is so much going on inside Margaret that she has stuffed down, including her knowledge of her husband’s affair. She grew out of someone I knew in real life who confided to me that she would never have mentioned her husband’s indiscretions to him, for it would have opened up the door for him to leave, and she had no idea how she would live if that happened. That generation of women who were taught forbearance formed the basis for a really complicated and interesting character.

LEE WOODRUFF
is the coauthor, with her husband, Bob Woodruff, of the number one
New York Times
bestseller
In an Instant
, and the author of the essay collection
Perfectly Imperfect
. She is a contributing editor to
CBS This Morning
and has written numerous articles on family and parenting for
Parade, Ladies’ Home Journal, Redbook, Country Living
, and
Family Fun
. She and Bob founded the Bob Woodruff Foundation to assist wounded service members and their families. Woodruff has four children and lives in Westchester County, New York.

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Also by Lee Woodruff

In an Instant

Perfectly Imperfect

Copyright © 2012 B&L Woodruff, LLC

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The Library of Congress has catalogued the original print edition of this book as follows:

Woodruff, Lee.

Those we love most / Lee Woodruff. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-4013-4178-7

1. Children—Death—Fiction. Fiction. 2. Married people—Fiction. 3. Betrayal—Fiction. 4. Family secrets—Fiction. 5. Forgiveness—Fiction. 6. Psychological fiction. I. Title.

PS3623.0673T56 2012

813’.6—dc22

2011049422

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