I would like to thank Amy Ellenbogen, Toni Cela, Fabienne Doucet, Jeremy Robins, Lois Wilcken, Morgan Zwerlein, Gina Vellani, and everyone at the Church Avenue Merchants Block Association (CAMBA), my endlessly supportive agent Marissa Walsh, and two inspiring editors, Stacy Cantor Abrams and Mary Kate Castellani, whose insights surprised and delighted me, and made this book so much better.