My thanks are due to the following people: Sarah Crichton, my brilliant and inspirational editor; Cailey Hall, for being unfailingly helpful; Kathleen Anderson, my marvelous agent, for all her hard work on behalf of my writing; Catherine Burke, my U.K. editor, for her wonderful commitment to the book; all the team at Mira; and my U.K. agent, Laura Longrigg, who has supported me in so many ways, both intellectual and emotional. I am deeply grateful to all of you.
Thanks also to Vicki Tippet and Madeleine Fullerton, for sharing stories and book recommendations, and to Lucy Floyd, for her wise comments on an early draft of the book.
Of the books I read while writing Yes, My Darling Daughter, two were particularly fascinating: Children Who Have Lived Before, by Carol Bowman, and Old Souls, by Tom Shroder. Thanks as well to Lynne McTaggart and the “Living the Field” course.
Finally, thanks to Mick, Becky, and Izzie, for all their love and encouragement, and because they loved Connemara as much as I did.