To the following friends, thank you so much for sharing your many growing-up-in-a-giant-family stories: Jenny Callahan, Michelle Hynes, Sarah McDermott, and Bridget Quinlan.
Special thanks to one of my oldest and dearest friends, Dr. Alicia Pilarski, for always being up for answering my many medical questions.
Mike Howe, the biggest Cubs fan I have ever met (and that’s saying something): thank you.
Thank you to Danielle Owensby and Maisie Lothian for sharing their art and their knowledge of photography with me, and to Tina Capodanno for scoping out the auditoriums of Ann Arbor on my behalf.
Special thanks to Dan and Nora, who have taught me many lessons about death metal, thrash metal, the wonders of marine life, and the special joy only siblings can provide, all of which have made their way into this book.
To Mom and Dad, do you remember the very first reading I ever did, in an abandoned storefront, where there was no heat and a shirtless man in overalls was guzzling warm lemonade out of a mason jar? I don’t even remember what I read; I only remember that you were there. Your support and love still means everything. And to all the other Morrisons, Brennans, and Gillespies: I wrote a book about family because I’ve got one of the best.
And most of all, to Roisin, Sheila, and Aine, mo chroí, and Denis, the measure of my dreams: I love you.
About the Author
Photo by Joe Mazza—Brave Lux
JESSIE ANN FOLEY is a teacher who writes fiction for young adults. Her debut novel, The Carnival at Bray, was a Printz Honor winner, a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist, a YALSA Top Ten Fiction for Young Adults title, and a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book. Her second novel, Neighborhood Girls, was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults title and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice, where it also received a starred review. Sorry for Your Loss is her third novel. To learn more about Jessie, visit her online at www.jessieannfoley.com.
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SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. Copyright © 2019 by Jessie Ann Foley. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018968292
Digital Edition JUNE 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-257193-9
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-257191-5
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