Things We Set on Fire, page 21
That same opening, that same verging happiness returned with the feel of flesh and blood and heat. She thought of her father swinging her sister, her mother capturing the moment for all time. Elin had captured it, too, understanding, even then, that the moment had meant something, that the world could change in an instant, and she needed to be mindful of where she was, to live with intention, to always recognize the deliberateness of love.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Sharon Harrigan, Leigh Rourks, Pete Fromm, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jack Driscoll, Vera Wildauer, Jacque Ben-Zekry, Terry Goodman, Andrew Bartlett, Charlotte Herscher, Melissa Crisp, and Andrew Reed. All of you played an important part in this work, and I am so grateful.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANDREW REED, 2012
DEBORAH REED IS THE AUTHOR of the novel Carry Yourself Back to Me, a Best Book of 2011 Amazon Editors’ Pick. She is also the author of the bestselling thriller A Small Fortune and its sequel, Fortune’s Deadly Descent, written under the pen name Audrey Braun. All three novels have been translated or are forthcoming in German. Deborah holds a master of fine arts (MFA) degree in creative writing (fiction) and teaches at UCLA’s Extension Writing Program, as well as at workshops and conferences around the United States and in Europe. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Reed, Deborah, Things We Set on Fire
