My deepest thanks to Tracey Adams for making my dreams come true, to Karen Wojtyla for her patience and insight as Nan’s story morphed from one thing to another and back again, and to Emily Fabre for her good humor and for asking difficult questions. Thank you to my mom and dad and big brother, to all of my aunties and uncles and cousins, and to all of my family north and south. Thank you to my family at 557 Broadway. And thank you to the Brooklyn coffee houses that gave me a place to scribble away: Champion Coffee, the Greenpoint Coffee House, and Brooklyn Label.