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Authors: Sloane Crosley

BOOK: The Clasp

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Acknowledgments

I am deeply indebted to those who helped usher this novel into existence. Thank you to Sean McDonald, Jonathan Galassi, Eric Chinski, Jeff Seroy, Sarah Scire, Taylor Sperry, Nora Barlow, and everyone at FSG. Sean, you have the precision and patience of a diamond cutter. Your faith and guidance have been the greatest gifts. I am also grateful for the constant support of Jay Mandel (astonishing agent and banner human), Catherine Summerhayes, Anna Deroy, Laura Bonner, and Jocasta Hamilton.

Ethan Rutherford, Jennifer Jackson, and Sara Vilkomerson: I couldn't ask for more thoughtful first readers. You are living lessons in generosity. Harry Heymann (tech support) and Lisa Salzer (jewelry repair): You lent me your smarts when I needed them most. Andrew Mariani, Michelle Quint, Reyhan Harmanci, Nathaniel Rich, and Meredith Angelson: Thank you for allowing me to blanket America's dining-room tables in manuscript pages and water glasses. Thanks also to the staff at the ChÃ¢teau de Miromesnil for entertaining a hundred unanswerable questions and letting me move into the big house.

In the Department of Inanimate Gratitude: I swiped the name Kezia from Katherine Mansfield's “The Doll's House.” The translation of “The Necklace” I consulted the most frequently can be found in the Modern Library's
The Necklace and Other Tales
. Paul Ignotus's
The Paradox of Maupassant
, Francis Steegmuller's
A Lion in the Path
, A. H. Wallace's
Guy de Maupassant
, and Michael Lerner's
Maupassant
were all useful biographies, and FranÃ§ois Tassart's
Recollections of Guy de Maupassant
was especially vivid and unintentionally amusing. Thank you to the Wertheim Study at the New York Public Library, where I first read many of these titles.

Finally, to my family and friends who are like family: What big, bottomless hearts you have. How unbelievably lucky I am to know they are always within reach. Mabel loves you and so do I.

A Note About the Author

SLOANE CROSLEY
is the author of the
New York Times
bestsellers
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
and
How Did You Get This Number
. She lives in New York City.

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THE CLASP

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EPub Edition: August 2015 ISBN: 9781443445054

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