Unravel Me (43 page)

Authors: Tahereh Mafi

And I’m leaving my gloves behind.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My mother. My father. My brothers. My family. I love you laughing. I love you crying.
I love you laughing and crying into every pot of tea we’ve ever finished together.
You’re the most incredible people I’ve ever met and you’ll be forced to know me all
my life and you’ve never once complained. Thank you always, for every hot cup. For
never letting go of my hand.

Jodi Reamer. I said hello and you smiled so I asked about the weather and you said
the weather? The weather is unpredictable. I said what about the road? You said the
road is known to be bumpy. I said do you know what’s going to happen? You said absolutely
not. And then you introduced me to some of the best years of my life. I say, forgetting
you, it’s impossible.

Tara Weikum. You read the words I write with my heart and my hands and understand
them with an accuracy that is both painful and astounding. Your brilliance, your patience,
your unfailing kindness. Your generous smiles. It’s such an honor to work with you.

Tana. Randa. We’ve shed many tears together—in sadness, in joy. But the most tears
I’ve ever wept were in the moments I spent laughing with you. Your friendship has
been the greatest gift; it’s a blessing I’m determined every day to deserve.

Sarah. Nathan. For your unwavering support. You two are beyond-words amazing.

Sumayyah. For your shoulder and your ear and the safe space you grant me. I don’t
know what I’d do without it.

A huge, huge thank-you to all of my dear friends at HarperCollins and Writers House
who are never thanked enough for all they do: Melissa Miller, for all your love and
enthusiasm; Christina Colangelo, Diane Naughton, and Lauren Flower, for your energy
and passion and invaluable marketing prowess; Hallie Patterson, my exceptionally talented
publicist, who is both clever and unfailingly kind. More thanks to Cara Petrus and
Sarah Kaufman, for their fabulous design work; and Colin Anderson, the digital illustrator
whose work continues to astound me. Thanks also to Brenna Franzitta: because I’m thankful
every single day to have a copy editor as brilliant as you (and I hope I just used
that colon correctly); Alec Shane, for everything, but also for knowing how to respond
gracefully when oddly shaped, leaking children’s toys show up in his office; Cecilia
de la Campa, for always working to make my books available all around the world; Beth
Miller, for her continued support; and Kassie Evashevski at UTA, for her silent grace
and razor-sharp instinct.

Thanks always to all my readers! Without you I’d have no one to talk to but the characters
in my head. Thank you for sharing Juliette’s journey with me.

And to all my friends on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, and my blog: Thank you. Really.
I wonder if you’ll ever truly know how much I appreciate your friendship, your support,
and your generosity.

Thank you forever.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tahereh Mafi is a girl. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and
currently resides in Orange County, California, where the weather is just a little
too perfect for her taste. When unable to find a book, she can be found reading candy
wrappers, coupons, and old receipts.
Shatter Me
and
Unravel Me
are the first two novels in a trilogy about Juliette. You can visit Tahereh online
at www.taherehbooks.com.

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CREDITS

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BY
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NDERSON

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OVER ART INSPIRED BY A PHOTOGRAPH BY
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HAREE

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ETRUS

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Unravel Me

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mafi, Tahereh.

Unravel me / Tahereh Mafi. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary: “Juliette has escaped to Omega Point, the headquarters of the rebel resistance
and a safe haven for people with abilities like hers. She is finally free from The
Reestablishment and their plans to use her as a weapon, but Warner, her former captor,
won’t let her go without a fight.”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-208553-5 (trade bdg.)

ISBN 978-0-06-225093-3 (international edition)

EPub Edition © DECEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780062085566

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