Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for The Editor Dedication Epigraph The Quarantine: A Novel by James Smale Dreams: February 1992 Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Go Your Own Way: July 1992 Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: November 1992 Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Everything Turned Around: December 1992/1993 Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three What Tomorrow Will Do: May 1994 Chapter Thirty-Four Chapter Thirty-Five Chapter Thirty-Six Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Steven Rowley About the Publisher
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Praise for The Editor: Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for The Editor Dedication Epigraph The Quarantine: A Novel by James Smale Dreams: February 1992 Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Go Your Own Way: July 1992 Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: November 1992 Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Everything Turned Around: December 1992/1993 Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three What Tomorrow Will Do: May 1994 Chapter Thirty-Four Chapter Thirty-Five Chapter Thirty-Six Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Steven Rowley About the Publisher
‘ The Editor offers a delightful fictional glimpse of an iconic American family – but it is, at heart, a tribute to every family whose last name isn’t Kennedy’ Chloe Benjamin, author of The Immortalists
‘At equal turns laugh-out-loud funny and searingly poignant, Rowley has created a truly unforgettable story of a son trying to understand his mother’ Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six
‘ The Editor is an absolute triumph! Rowley is a master of creating characters you fall in love with, and never want to leave’ Julie Klam, author of The Stars In Our Eyes and You Had Me at Woof
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For my parents
In short, there’s simply not
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering than here
In Camelot.
— Camelot, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Praise for The Editor
Dedication For my parents
Epigraph In short, there’s simply not A more congenial spot For happily-ever-aftering than here In Camelot. — Camelot, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
The Quarantine: A Novel by James Smale
Dreams: February 1992
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Go Your Own Way: July 1992
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: November 1992
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Everything Turned Around: December 1992/1993
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
What Tomorrow Will Do: May 1994
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Steven Rowley
About the Publisher
THE QUARANTINE Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for The Editor Dedication For my parents Epigraph In short, there’s simply not A more congenial spot For happily-ever-aftering than here In Camelot. — Camelot, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner The Quarantine: A Novel by James Smale Dreams: February 1992 Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Go Your Own Way: July 1992 Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: November 1992 Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Everything Turned Around: December 1992/1993 Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three What Tomorrow Will Do: May 1994 Chapter Thirty-Four Chapter Thirty-Five Chapter Thirty-Six Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Steven Rowley About the Publisher
A Novel by James Smale Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for The Editor Dedication For my parents Epigraph In short, there’s simply not A more congenial spot For happily-ever-aftering than here In Camelot. — Camelot, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner The Quarantine: A Novel by James Smale Dreams: February 1992 Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Go Your Own Way: July 1992 Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: November 1992 Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Everything Turned Around: December 1992/1993 Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three What Tomorrow Will Do: May 1994 Chapter Thirty-Four Chapter Thirty-Five Chapter Thirty-Six Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Steven Rowley About the Publisher
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