Also by LaTanya McQueen

And It Begins Like This

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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FIRST EDITION

Cover design by Milan Bozic

Cover photograph © Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields/Getty Images Digital Edition AUGUST 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-303505-8

Version 06112021

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-303504-1