Sam : A Novel

Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Part I: Umbrella Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Part II: Molecule Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Part III: Trouble Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Part IV: Woods Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Part V: Earth Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Part VI: Dreamer Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Dedication Other Titles About the Author Landmarks Cover Cover Title Page Contents Start Copyright Print Page List v vi 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 75 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 133 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 199 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 243 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 289 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 vii ii 319 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
 Copyright © 2023 by Allegra Goodman
 All rights reserved.
 Published in the United States by The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
 The Dial Press is a registered trademark and the colophon is a trademark of Penguin Random House LLC.
 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 Names: Goodman, Allegra, author.
 Title: Sam: a novel / Allegra Goodman.
 Description: First edition. | New York: The Dial Press, [2022]
 Identifiers: LCCN 2021048346 (print) | LCCN 2021048347 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593447819 (hardback; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780593447826 (ebook)
 Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.
 Classification: LCC PS3557.O5829 S26 2022 (print) | LCC PS3557.O5829 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23/eng/20211018
 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021048346
 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021048347
 International ISBN: 978-0-593-59682-1
 Ebook ISBN 9780593447826
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 Contents
 
 Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright
 
 
 Part I: Umbrella
 
 Chapter 1
 
 
 Chapter 2
 
 
 Chapter 3
 
 
 Chapter 4
 
 
 
 I
 Umbrella
 
 
 
 1
 There is a girl, and her name is Sam.
 She has a mother named Courtney and a dad who is