This Is Where We Live
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“So,” he began, turning to her. “So this is where we live.” a cognizant original v5 release november 24 2010
Acknowledgments
I am indebted to those who helped me get to the finish line a second time.
Once again, I couldn’t have done this without the Hive: Darcy Cosper, Colette Sandstedt, Benj Hewitt, and Greg Harrison, plus the much missed Carina Chocano. Dawn MacKeen was the best writing partner a woman could ask for, and kept me honest on those days when I just didn’t feel like showing up.
Dan Crane and Brian Cleary shed light on the life of an indie rock musician in Los Angeles;Ted Walch and Brian Wogensen offered their insights into teaching at private schools; and Crystal Heatherly and Mike and Kristina Hart shared their inside knowledge of Mount Washington life and real estate.
As always, I received invaluable instruction and encouragement from the divine Susan Golomb and the brilliant Julie Grau. I am fortunate to be in your hands. Much gratitude to the whole support team at Spiegel & Grau, including Maria Braeckel, Laura Van der Veer, and Sally Marvin.
And finally, to my daughter, Auden, who allowed me no wiggle room on deadlines; and to my husband, Greg, again, because I can never thank him enough.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JANELLE BROWN is the author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, a novel. A journalist who has written for The New York Times, Vogue, Wired, and Salon, she lives in Los Angeles.
This Is Where We Live is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2010 by Janelle Brown
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
SPIEGEL & GRAU and Design is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Brown, Janelle.
This is where we live: a novel / Janelle Brown.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-679-60384-9
1. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.R698T47 2010 813′.6—dc22 2009048996
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