One Tiny Lie A Novel

pocket and carry you everywhere with me. You are a dream editor. So positive, so supportive, so willing to help. I get excited every time I see your name appear in my email inbox. I am thrilled to have you in my corner.
    To Marya Stansky—for your insight into Princeton eating clubs. Thank you for enduring my random questions and giving me tons of great material to work with.
    To my publisher, Judith Curr, and the team at Atria Books: Ben Lee, Valerie Vennix, Kimberly Goldstein, and Alysha Bullock, for your outstanding work getting this book into the hands of readers. I can’t even begin to explain how perfect the cover is for Livie.
    To my husband—thank you for a month of daddy day care so I could hide in my cave to get this book finished for my deadline. One day I will learn to cook again.
    To my kids—because they are the cutest, sweetest little devils on earth.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    K.A. Tucker published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. Today, she remains a voracious reader, and resides outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.

Also by K.A. Tucker
    Ten Tiny Breaths

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    This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
    Copyright © 2014 by Kathleen Tucker
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    First Atria Paperback edition January 2014
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Tucker, K. A. (Kathleen A.), 1978–
    One tiny lie : a novel / K.A. Tucker.—First Atria Paperback edition.
    pages cm
    1. Promises—Fiction. 2. Life change events—Fiction. I. Title.
    PR9199.4.T834O54 2014
    813’.6—dc23
    2013014510
    ISBN 978-1-4767-4047-8
    ISBN 978-1-4767-4048- (ebook)