The Lies That Bind
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I hold his gaze, remembering that this was his toast right before he kissed me for the first time in the cabin. That swooning feeling is still there, exactly as it was. Yet there’s so much more now, too. A new kind of mystery.
“To us,” I say, clinking my glass against his.
And in that moment—for what feels like the first time ever—my head and my heart are telling me the very same thing.
For Allyson Wenig Jacoutot, my first New York friend.
Here’s to our time together in the city, both before and after 9/11.
I am deeply grateful to so many for their love and support during the writing of this book.
To Mary Ann Elgin and Sarah Giffin, the most wonderful mother and sister.
To Nancy LeCroy Mohler, copyeditor and confidante extraordinaire.
To Kate Hardie Patterson, my amazing assistant and friend.
To Stephen Lee, my right-hand man since day one.
To my perceptive and patient early readers: Alex Elgin, Laryn Ivy Gardner, Bryan Lamb, and Julie Wilson Portera.
To my brilliant editor, Jennifer Hershey, along with everyone at Penguin Random House, including Gina Centrello, Kara Welsh, Susan Corcoran, Jennifer Garza, Kim Hovey, Scott Shannon, Matt Schwartz, Theresa Zoro, Allyson Lord, Maya Franson, Leigh Marchant, Debbie Aroff, Colleen Nuccio, Madison Dettlinger, Denise Cronin, Toby Ernst, Paolo Pepe, Loren Noveck, Elizabeth Rendfleisch, Erin Kane, Cynthia Lasky, and Allyson Pearl.
To my remarkable rock of an agent, Theresa Park, as well as the incomparable Emily Sweet. Also to Andrea Mai, Abby Koons, Mollie Smith, Rich Green, Scott Schwimer, and everyone at Park Literary.
To my family and friends, especially Jennifer New, Ally Jacoutot, Lisa Ponder, Doug Elgin, Steve Fallon, Jeff MacFarland, Martha Arias, Kevin Garnett, Brian Spainhour, Michelle Fuller, Sloane Alford, Lori Baker, Jen McGurn, Katie Moss, Heather Spires, DeAnna Thomas, Lesli Gaither, Laurie Mallis, Ashley Preisinger, Lauren Flint, Mara Davis, Elizabeth Blank, Erin Gianni, Roger Frankel, Molly Smith Heussenstamm, Rachel Smith, Lea Journo, Lindsay French-Johns, Ralph Sampson, and Bill and Kris Giffin.
To my fellow writers, faithful social media followers, and cherished readers everywhere.
And finally, to Team Blaha. Buddy, Edward, George, and Harriet: I love you with all my heart.
BY EMILY GIFFIN
Something Borrowed
Something Blue
Baby Proof
Love the One You’re With
Heart of the Matter
Where We Belong
The One & Only
First Comes Love
All We Ever Wanted
The Lies That Bind
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emily Giffin is the author of nine internationally bestselling novels: Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof, Love the One You’re With, Heart of the Matter, Where We Belong, The One & Only, First Comes Love, and All We Ever Wanted. A graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia School of Law, she lives in Atlanta with her husband and three children.
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