I couldn’t have written a word without the help of my friends: Christina Rumpf, Asher Ellis, Mike Murphy, Jeramey Kraatz, Starre Vartan, Murwarid Abdiani, Michelle Legro, Jessica Hindman, and Jordan Foster. Thanks for listening to all the rants, taking me where I needed to go (in more ways than one), and generally putting up with me! You’re the best group of writer-friends a girl could have, and I fully expect to be in the acknowledgments of your books as well.
And most importantly, I need to thank my entire large, loud, crazy family for their unending love and support. To my grandmother, Virginia: Thanks for giving me a firsthand account of life in the forties. This book would not be nearly as detailed without your help. And to the core of it all, Mom, Dad, Mary, and Emma: Thanks for the love, the honesty, and the refuge in the woods.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RACHEL CARTER grew up in the woods of Vermont. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont and Columbia University, where she recently received her MFA in nonfiction writing. Rachel has been a teacher, a nanny, a caterer, and a bellhop. She is currently at work on her next book in Brooklyn, New York.
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So Close to You
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