The One I Left Behind (44 page)

This book is, at its heart, about family, about home. So I would be remiss not to give heartfelt thanks to my own family and everyone in it. Yeah, we’re not exactly the Brady Bunch or the Waltons, but we’ve got
way
better stories. I love you all.

About the Author

JENNIFER M
C
MAHON
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
Don’t Breathe a Word, Dismantled, Island of Lost Girls
, and
Promise Not to Tell
. She grew up in suburban Connecticut and graduated from Goddard College. Over the years, she has been a house painter, farm worker, paste-up artist, pizza delivery person, and homeless–shelter staff member, and she has worked with mentally ill adults and children in various capacities. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter, Zella.

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Also by Jennifer McMahon

Don’t Breathe a Word

Dismantled

Island of Lost Girls

Promise Not to Tell

Credits

Cover design by Mary Schuck

Cover photograph by Arcangel

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE ONE I LEFT BEHIND
. Copyright © 2013 by Jennifer McMahon. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

ISBN 978-0-06-212255-1

EPub Edition © JANUARY 2013 ISBN: 9780062122568

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