Copyright © 2016 by Carol Goodman
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First Touchstone hardcover edition January 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Goodman, Carol.
River Road/Carol Goodman.—First Touchstone hardcover edition.
pages ; cm
1. Women college teachers—Fiction. 2. Traffic accident victims—Fiction. 3. Hit-and-run drivers—Fiction. 4. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3607.O566R58 2016
813'.6—dc23
2015012488
ISBN 978-1-5011-0990-4
ISBN 978-1-5011-0992-8 (ebook)
CONTENTS
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Acknowledgments
About the Author