The Goodbye Summer (39 page)
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Authors: Patricia Gaffney
Thanks again to Nurse McComas, who never lets me down.
I’m grateful to Maya Ginsberg, whose advice on music teaching was invaluable.
Thank you, Carl P. E. dos Santos, for your friendliness and expertise, and for convincing this skeptic that not all skydivers are insane.
Much affection and gratitude to Mary Alice Kruesi for Finney, the gift that keeps on giving.
And warmest thanks and love to Aaron Priest for everything.
Patricia Gaffney
is the
New York Times
-bestselling author of
The Saving Graces, Circle of Three, Flight Lessons
, and
The Goodbye Summer
—all of which are published by PerfectBound. In an earlier incarnation as a writer, Gaffney published twelve award-winning historical romance novels. She lives in southern Pennsylvania with her husband and their Jack Russell terrier, Finney.
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THE GOODBYE SUMMER.
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EPub Edition © MARCH 2004 ISBN: 9780061850356
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