“Listen up. There’s been a change of plans. The government says I’ve got to deliver you to headquarters.”
Sally felt her knees weaken. Bile rose to her throat, but she was too afraid to spit it out, and so she swallowed it back down, burning. She shook her head.
“To the courthouse?” she asked.
He laughed and patted her on the back. “If only it were that easy, darling. You see, they’re at the shore. Atlantic City.”
“Oh no,” she said. “I can’t leave Camden, my mama would never let me. She’s sick. She needs me to help at home.” Sally shook her head. “My sister’s about to have a baby.”
But then he pulled back his coat, and Sally could see the butt end of a gun sticking out from his waistband. Her vision started to darken around the edges.
“Here’s what you’re gonna do,” he said.
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About the Author
T. GREENWOOD’s novels have sold over 250,000 copies. She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. Her novel Bodies of Water was a 2014 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist; Two Rivers and Grace were each named Best General Fiction Book at the San Diego Book Awards, and Where I Lost Her was a Globe and Mail bestseller in 2016. Greenwood lives with her family in San Diego. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
Chapter Thirty-eight
Chapter Thirty-nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-one
Author’s Note
Teaser
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. As is true in many books of fiction, this book was inspired by historical events. Nevertheless, all of the actions in this book, as well as all of the characters and dialogue, are products solely of the author’s imagination.
KEEPING LUCY. Copyright © 2019 by T. Greenwood. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Names: Greenwood, T. (Tammy), author.
Title: Keeping Lucy / T. Greenwood.
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019.
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First Edition: August 2019