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  And last, my thanks to Kristina Ford, for simply everything. RF

  About the Author

  RICHARD FORD is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the Bascombe novels and the New York Times bestselling Canada and Let Me Be Frank With You. He is author of the renowned story collections Rock Springs and A Multitude of Sins. Ford is the 2016 recipient of the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in Spain, and he lives in East Boothbay, Maine, with his wife, Kristina Ford.

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  Also by Richard Ford

  A Piece of My Heart (1976)

  The Ultimate Good Luck (1981)

  The Sportswriter (1986)

  Rock Springs (1987)

  Wildlife (1990)

  Independence Day (1995)

  Women With Men: Three Stories (1997)

  A Multitude of Sins (2002)

  The Lay of the Land (2006)

  Canada (2012)

  Let Me Be Frank With You (2014)

  Credits

  Cover design by Allison Saltzman

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