The Idea of Love (31 page)

ALSO BY
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

 

One Year Later

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Patti Callahan Henry

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

THE IDEA OF LOVE.
Copyright © 2015 by Patti Callahan Henry. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

 

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ISBN 978-1-250-04032-9 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-3555-9 (e-book)

 

e-ISBN 9781466835559

 

First Edition: June 2015