A Circle of Wives (34 page)

Acknowledgments

Heartfelt thanks to all the people who read and commented on early drafts of this book. That includes David Renton, Mary Lang, Marilyn Lewis, Talila Baron, Frank LaPlante, Marie LaPlante, Teresa Heger, Gayle Shanks, Rich Seidner, and Mitch Rotman. My bottomless gratitude to the amazing editorial work of Corinna Barsan and Elisabeth Schmitz at Grove Atlantic and for the extraordinary sharp-eyed copyediting of Briony Everroad. And, of course, special thanks to my beloved agent at Levine-Greenberg Literary Agency, Victoria Skurnick, for her help, support, and friendship.

Table of Contents

Cover

A CIRCLE OF WIVES

Also by Alice LaPlante

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Epigraph

1 Samantha

2 San Francisco Chronicle

3 MJ

4 Helen

5 Helen

6 MJ

7 San Francisco Chronicle

8 Samantha

9 Excerpt from Transcript

10 Excerpt from Transcript

11 Excerpt from Transcript

12 Samantha

13 MJ

14 Helen

15 Helen

16 San Francisco Chronicle

17 Samantha

18 Samantha

19 MJ

20 Deborah

21 Samantha

22 MJ

23 Samantha

24 Deborah

25 Helen

26 Helen

27 MJ

28 Helen

29 Samantha

30 MJ

31 Helen

32 Samantha

33 Samantha

34 Deborah

35 Samantha

36 MJ

37 Samantha

38 Helen

39 MJ

40 Samantha

41 MJ

42 Samantha

43 Samantha

44 Samantha

45 Samantha

46 Samantha

47 Deborah

48 Samantha

49 Samantha

50 Samantha

51 Samantha

52 Excerpt from Transcript

53 Samantha

54 Samantha

55 MJ

56 Deborah

57 Helen

58 Helen

59 MJ

60 MJ's Note to Her Brother

61 Samantha

62 Deborah

63 Samantha

64 Samantha

65 Excerpt from Transcript

66 Helen

67 Deborah

68 Samantha

69 Samantha

70 Samantha

Acknowledgments

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