The Second Home
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I’m humble and teary-eyed with gratitude for the many constellations of kind people who have offered me support over the years and wish I could name all my former students and colleagues at Beloit College, my book group, the spinners who have endured my spin classes, and my wonderful friends in Madison at the East Troy “chickpad,” in Milwaukee and elsewhere.
Finally, thank you to all the people I’ve yet to come into contact with, including marketing and promotion experts, booksellers and librarians, and of course you, the reader. I’m so genuinely happy that this novel has found its way to you.
About the Author
Christina Clancy is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, The Sun magazine and in various literary journals including Glimmer Train, Pleiades, and Hobart. She holds a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Second Home is her first novel. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Prologue
Part One
Chapter One: Michael
Chapter Two: Ann
Chapter Three: Poppy
Chapter Four: Ann
Chapter Five: Poppy
Chapter Six: Ann
Chapter Seven: Michael
Chapter Eight: Poppy
Chapter Nine: Michael
Chapter Ten: Poppy
Chapter Eleven: Ann
Chapter Twelve: Michael
Chapter Thirteen: Ann
Chapter Fourteen: Ann
Chapter Fifteen: Michael
Chapter Sixteen: Ann
Chapter Seventeen: Poppy
Part Two
Chapter Eighteen: Poppy
Chapter Nineteen: Michael
Chapter Twenty: Ann
Chapter Twenty-One: Poppy
Chapter Twenty-Two: Michael
Chapter Twenty-Three: Poppy
Chapter Twenty-Four: Ann
Chapter Twenty-Five: Michael
Chapter Twenty-Six: Poppy
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Michael
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Ann
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Poppy
Chapter Thirty: Michael
Chapter Thirty-One: Poppy
Chapter Thirty-Two: Michael
Chapter Thirty-Three: Ann
Chapter Thirty-Four: Poppy
Chapter Thirty-Five: Ann
Chapter Thirty-Six: Michael
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Poppy
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
THE SECOND HOME. Copyright © 2020 by Christina Clancy. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information address St. Martin’s Press, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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An excerpt from the poem “Vaporizer” from An Algebra by Don Bogen, (University of Chicago Press, 2009) was reprinted with permission.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Clancy, Christina, author.
Title: The second home / Christina Clancy.
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019051878 | ISBN 9781250239341 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250239600 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PS3603.L3514 S43 2020 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
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