Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank:

Mario Di Prisco and Family

Regan McMahon

Monsignor Shane

Katherine Palermo

Jennifer Palermo Bobe

Katharine Michaels

Elizabeth Trupin-Pulli, JET Literary Associates

Tyson Cornell, Publisher, Rare Bird Books

Alice Marsh-Elmer, Julia Callahan, Hailie Johnson, and Andrew Hungate of Rare Bird Books

Not-Naomi, Esquire, and research staff

Robert Gearty, intrepid and invaluable researcher

Kathleen Caldwell and A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, California

Kim Dower (aka Kim-from-LA), muse

Francesca Applegarth. Nina Rothberg Bailey. Jim and Lela Barnes. Tracey Borst and Robert Menicucci. Jennie Chabon. Peter Chastain. Brent Cohen. Laura Cogan. Josephine Courant. Diane Del Signore. Anthony and Nan Fredotovich. Jane and Jeff Green. Bernard and Cheryl Hooper. Blair Jackson. Kathy and Tony Laglia. Ralph and Liz Long. Amber Lowi. Christine McQuade. Donald McQuade. Jim and Katherine Moule. Beth Needel. David Robins. Anne Rosenthal. Peter Sackman. Vickie Sciacca. Robyn Simonett. A. R. Taylor. Robert Tembeckjian. Carlton Tucker. Oscar Villalon. Dan Wilcox. Laurie Saurborn and Dean Young.

Patti James and Family