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This story is a work of fiction. All characters and events are the product of the author’s
imagination. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is coincidental.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. (Public
Domain.) A Paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer by H. Hastings Weld is taken from Godey’s Lady’s Book, vol. 41 (Philadelphia: L. A. Godey, 1850), unnumbered front matter.
“If I Should Fall Behind” from Lucky Town © 1992 Bruce Springsteen.

LCCN 2008940795
ISBN 978-0-7814-4890-1
eISBN 978-1-4347-6436-2

© 2009 Terri Kraus
Published in association with the literary agency of Alive Communications, Inc.,
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The Team: Andrea Christian, Ramona Tucker, Amy Kiechlin,
Sarah Schultz, Jack Campbell, Karen Athen

Cover Design: Brand Navigation, Bill Chiaravalle
Cover Photos: Getty Images, PhotoAlto Agency;
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First Edition 2009