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CKNOWLEDGMENTS

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Laurie Loewenstein Moyer and Nina Solomon, my first readers, who gave me more time, kindness, and encouragement than a writer has any right to expect.

Megan Thompson and Larry Kirshbaum saw a rough manuscript and understood how to organize it and shape it as only true aficionados with a vision could, and for that they have my eternal thanks.

I have the best editor, Henry Ferris, who took it a step further and “cleared the excess furniture out of the overfurnished room.”

For their help with research on the life of James Jones, I am indebted to Thomas J. Wood, archivist, Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield; Robert Taylor, archivist, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin; and J. Michael Lennon, PhD, Norman Mailer biographer and bibliographer.

For generously sharing their memories and knowledge of my parents' life and times, I wish to thank Cecile Bazelon; Helen Howe; Doug Lawhead; Don Sackrider; Kate Mosolino Sotiridy; Kathy Stillwell; Joan Mosolino Wall; and Kathryn Weissberger. Ray Elliott, USMC, ret., graciously helped me with issues of war and warfare.

David Andreas, Anna Bahceci, Cecile Bazelon, Meg Bennett, Tom Borthwick, Dan Burda, George Krzyminski, Kathy Stillwell, Barbara Taylor, Theasa Tuohy, and Renette Zimmerly volunteered as readers and gave me invaluable feedback.

I must especially thank Susan Cheever, the first and the bravest of “the second generation,” who suggested this book was a memoir and taught me by example not to be afraid.

Love and thanks to Julia Murphy for sharing her profound wisdom and kindness.

Lastly, this book would not have been possible without Kevin and Eyrna Heisler, who waited every day, with good humor and aplomb, for me to return to them from the great distances I traveled.

About the Author

KAYLIE JONES
was born in Paris, France, and attended French schools until she returned with her family to the United States in 1974. She attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University's School of the Arts. She is the author of
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
, which was made into a film starring Kris Kristofferson and Barbara Hershey,
Celeste Ascending, As Soon as It Rains
, and
Speak Now
. She also chairs the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, which awards $10,000 annually to the writer of an unpublished first novel. She lives in New York City.

www.kayliejones.com

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Celeste Ascending

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Speak Now

As Soon As It Rains

Quite the Other Way

Credits

Jacket design by Mary Schuck

Jacket photograph Â© by Loomis Dean/Getty Images

Copyright

LIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME
. Copyright Â© 2009 by Kaylie Jones. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, 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 hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Adobe Digital Edition July 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-193649-4

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