Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my writing group—Susan Coll, Ann McLaughlin, Carolyn Parkhurst, Leslie Pietrzyk, and Amy Stolls—for their careful reading and suggestions. Also, many thanks to my sister, Carroll Charlesworth, for her attentive reading and comments.

Thank you to Dr. Richard Restak and Dr. Leslie Williams for answering my questions on neurological disorders and for guiding my research. Any mistakes about the illness are my own.

Stories are often born of other stories, and I would like to thank Jane Freeman for telling me a story about swimming a moon path that she heard from a lovely older friend.

Special thanks to Sarah Haskell, an artist and weaver, who generously invited me to her studio in York, Maine. Her most recent project, Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart, was an inspiration to me. Sarah shared her knowledge of weaving and her library, and allowed me to experience the joy of weaving a Tibetan prayer flag on a fall afternoon.

Many thanks to Katherine Fausset. This is our third book together. Thank you also to my editor, Ellen Edwards, who, after working with me on East Hope, believed in my next story.

I am especially grateful for the love and support of my family and friends. Most of all, thanks to Bob, husband, editor, champion—the one who makes it all possible.