Ugly Girls: A Novel
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Acknowledgments
I began as a poet, pretended to write a novel in grad school, then found my home in flash fiction. Being granted the opportunity to write this novel is a gift I can never adequately repay, and I am in debt to the following wonderful people:
Emily Bell, bravest editor, who believed in me before I ever wrote the first word in this book.
Jim Rutman, who read a tiny sliver and still wanted to be my agent.
Sarah Rose Etter, an amazing friend and writer whose feedback and support made me feel less afraid.
Zach Dodson, because it all started with you, bro.
Matt Trupia, who talked me off the ledge many times.
Brian and Traci Knudson and Chad Chmielowicz, who let me take the time I needed away from work in order to focus on my writing.
My parents, whose love of reading and writing made me who I am, and who love me despite the fact that I don’t write about baskets of puppies or happy birthday parties.
My son, Parker. I live my life to make you proud.
And finally, my brilliant, beloved husband, Ben Lyon, who makes all my dreams come true.
ALSO BY LINDSAY HUNTER
Don’t Kiss Me
Daddy’s
A Note About the Author
Lindsay Hunter is the author of the story collections Don’t Kiss Me and Daddy’s. Originally from Florida, she now lives in Chicago with her husband, son, and two pit bulls. Ugly Girls is her first novel.
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Copyright © 2014 by Lindsay Hunter
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First edition, 2014
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hunter, Lindsay, 1980–
Ugly girls / Lindsay Hunter. — First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-374-53386-1 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-374-71012-5 (ebook)
1. Friendship—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3608.U5943 U55 2014
813'.6—dc23
2014017266
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