Father's Day, page 24
A thousand golden boxes, filled with gratitude, to:
Dick and Laura Snyder, the truest friends a person could have;
Jordan Pavlin, my editor at Knopf, whose intelligence goes hand-in-hand with her charm;
Judy Clain, my generous first reader, who helped me dare for a second;
George Hodgman, a most incisive reader and friend;
Chip Kidd, who gave me a book it’s my pleasure to hold;
Betsy Lerner, my agent and friend, who brought more wit and warmth and intelligence to this enterprise than I could have imagined; and
Michael Haverland, who makes everything turn out fine.
PHILIP GALANES
Father’s Day
Philip Galanes is a graduate of Yale University and Yale University Law School. He lives in East Hampton and Manhattan. Father’s Day is his first novel. It was selected by Barnes and Noble Booksellers for its Discover Great New Writers Program, and was a finalist for the Violet Quill Award.
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Galanes, Philip, [date]
Father’s Day / Philip Galanes.—1st ed.
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1. Suicide victims—Family relationships—Fiction. 2. Fathers—Death—Fiction. 3. New York
(N.Y.)—Fiction. 4. Telephone sex—Fiction. 5. Suburban life—Fiction. 6. New England—Fiction.
7. Young men—Fiction. I. Title.
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