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Front jacket photograph © Getty Images Author photo © Dan Davis Photography Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kingsbury, Karen.
Fifteen minutes : a novel / Karen Kingsbury.
pages cm I. Title.
PS3561.I4873F54 2013
813'.54—dc23
2013008054
ISBN 978-1-4516-4705-1
ISBN 978-1-4516-4706-8 (ebook)
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
The Family of Jesus Excerpt
About Karen Kingsbury