Dedication

This book is dedicated to my agent, Michelle Kass.

I’m not going to be sappy here, OK? I’m not going to talk about how
much you’ve done for me (which is a lot), or the impact you’ve had on
my life (which is immense), and I’m not even going to talk about the
advice, encouragement, and counsel you’ve given me since we met.
And I’m not going to mention conversations on tractors either, or iPods
at dinner tables, or the amount of Yiddish words you’ve taught me
that I’ve promptly forgotten
.

All of which, surprisingly, leaves me with nothing much to say.

Sorry about that.