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The Half-Life of Everything by Deborah Carol Gang

The Half-Life of Everything

A Novel

by Deborah Carol Gang
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  • Sep 4, 2018, 320 pages
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"We're good, Mom," Dylan said.

"Because it may get cold."

Kate had always worried about others being cold - she couldn't believe the boys' youthful furnaces could rev so efficiently. David stood closer to her. "Everything is fine. There's nothing to worry about."

"Excellent," she said, sounding completely reassured, and the tour guide nodded approvingly.

Excerpted from The Half-Life of Everything by Deborah Carol Gang . Copyright © 2018 by Deborah Carol Gang . Excerpted by permission of Bancroft Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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