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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This novel would not exist without the combined actions of the following:

My champion agent, Scott Mendel, and his astute comments on draft after draft as he waited for me to find the story. My fairy godmother of an editor, Liz Szabla, and her brilliant guidance as I traversed a new genre. My stalwart e-mail buddy, Sarah Van Dyke, and her bottomless support throughout the entire roller-coaster creation of this book. My forthright daughter, Bailey, for asking me, “This is really good, are you sure
you
wrote it?” My tenacious daughter, Tanzie, and her daily reminders that I am a mother who writes, not the other way around. My husband-of-the-year, Tim, and his patience with my incessant musings about plot and character. Those ingenious folks at NaNoWriMo and the annual opportunity
they give all of us wannabe novelists a chance to prove we have it in us.

For everyone above, and all the other friends, family, and first readers who helped lead me to the end result, my Grandma Stuve would have said it best:

Thank you much.

For Bailey

A F
EIWEL AND
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RIENDS
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THE COMPOUND
. Copyright © 2008 by S. A. Bodeen. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address Feiwel and Friends, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bodeen, S.A. (Stephanie A.), 1965–

The compound / S. A. Bodeen.—1st ed. p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-312-37015-2 ISBN-10: 0-312-37015-6

[1. Survival—Fiction. 2. Deception—Fiction. 3. Psychopaths—Fiction.

4. Twins—Fiction. 5. Fathers—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.B63515Co 2008

[Fic]—dc22

2007036148

First Edition: May 2008

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