All I Have in This World (29 page)

The author wishes to acknowledge the help and expert guidance of Peter Steinberg, all of the good people at Algonquin Books (especially Lauren Moseley, Kathy Pories, and Craig Popelars), my generous and attentive first readers (you know who you are, and please know this book would be so much less without you), Balmorhea State Park, Jesse Donaldson and Kevin Jones, and B.K.W., who always kept my seat warm at the Table.

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© 2014 by Michael Parker.

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This is a work of fiction. While, as in all fiction, the literary perceptions and insights are based on experience, all names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

eISBN 978-1-61620-392-4