by Wan, Helen
Thanks to all of the friends and fellow writers who read early pages and offered wisdom, especially Maureen Brady, Susan Cain, Susan Chi, Jen Egan, Rachel Geman, Melissa Haley, Mikaela McDermott, Miriam Parker, David Rogers, Sarah Shey, and Kera Yonker.
I’m also indebted to Mindy Burrell, Shirley Chi, Ann Dolloff, Jinee Kim Ellis, Jenny Eugenio, Yuki Hirose, Natalie Krodel, Drew Patrick, John Reed, John Rudolph, Julia Rudolph, Madhu Goel Southworth, Wendy Stryker, Christine Tefft, Matt Walker, and Marissa Walsh for, over the course of many years, always asking after my novel as if it were a real thing. This simple gesture helped me more than you’ll ever know.
Finally, I am grateful to my husband, Andrew Burrell, who, with patience and great kindness, ultimately coaxed this story into being. And to our son, Alex, who was not yet around during the actual writing of this book, but whose recent arrival has made the wait for publication an even happier time. Thank you, with so much love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Helen Wan is associate general counsel at the Time Inc. division of Time Warner Inc. Before that, she practiced corporate law and media law in New York. Born in California and raised near Washington, D.C., she is a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Virginia School of Law. Her essays and reviews of fiction have been published in The Washington Post and elsewhere. She lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with her husband and son. This is her first novel.
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.
THE PARTNER TRACK. Copyright © 2013 by Helen Wan. All rights reserved. For information address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
eISBN 9781250019585
First Edition: September 2013