ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Much, much thanks to my editor, John Scognamiglio, and the amazing team at Kensington: Kristine Noble, Lorraine Feeney, and Paula Reedy. Thanks also to my agent, Ann Collette, for her patience and wonderful editorial eye, and to my readers and listeners: Linda and Jenny Gelda, Tui Sutherland (who found the “there” there), Jeane Whitehouse, Amy Jameson, Jenna Blum, Michelle Hoover, Jamie Holland Hull, Karl Vasiloff (a true lawyer’s lawyer), Alison Dinsmore, Elly Swartz, and mostly and especially and always, Kathy Read, my copilot in the importance of the role of the unconscious. Thanks to Ty Greenstein, whose music (Somewhere Different Now) sustained me for years while writing, and to Jessica Stern, whose novel, Denial: A Memoir of Terror, helped me find my characters. Thanks to Elizabeth Rochon, who selflessly dropped anything and everything to read chapters hot off the press and offer spot-on critiques. Thanks to my parents, Nancy and Jim Day, for always believing. And finally thanks to David, Dylan, Emma, and Elizabeth, who remind me every day that love is the greatest gift you can give and receive.