Acknowledgments

Thank you, Jackie Ko. I can’t convey here how much it means to me to have you in my corner.

Thank you, Caitlin McKenna, for believing in this novel.

Thank you, Luke Brown, for giving it a home in the U.K.

Thank you, Amy Schroeder and Evan Camfield—your careful edits made the book better.

Thank you, Adam Novy and Jesse Ball, for not asking questions.

Thank you, Chloé Acher, for letting me work at your place that winter.

Thank you, families Bordas, Cordoba, Freliez, Segura, and Levin.

And thank you, Adam, for everything.