ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MY THANKS TO Lynn Nesbit and to Robert Weil, without whose enthusiasm and support this book would never have been written, to my dear friend and assistant Dawn Lafferty, who lived through the experience with me, and to Colleen Sinon for her unstinted help and friendship. This book will serve as a tribute and a gesture of thanks to all Margaret’s caregivers, but especially to Donna Engle, Laura Sanders and Thom Schwartz, to Brooke Newman for reading every chapter and for her constant encouragement, and above all to Alain C. J. de Lotbinière, M.D., doctor and gentleman.