Dedication

For my Cambridge “sisters”

(Jean, Jo, Mary K., and Sue)

And my New York “sisters”

(Barbara, Marion, and Ro):

Even after all this time the happy memories remain.

~

A note of special thanks also goes to

Editor Extraordinaire E.L. Felder (ELF),

who has patiently overseen countless iterations

of this book.

Through it all, she has always been

a consummate professional who made perceptive suggestions on the best way to improve the story,

pointed out the places where things made less than

one-hundred-percent sense,

worked hard to deal with my habit of adding tags

to almost every line of dialogue…

and who managed to do it all with remarkable sensitivity, tact, and good humor.