ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to my agent, Laurie Abkemeier; my editor, Lisa Westmoreland; my designer, Christine Innes; and the copy editors, proofreaders, and publicists who toiled in anonymity to make this book better. You’re all very much appreciated! Also thanks to Ted, for everything, and to Maxine Nunes, Christa Faust, Treacy Colbert, and all the members of my women writers’ lunch group for ten years of making this solitary occupation a little less solitary.