Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I want to thank my wife, Stephanie Burgis, for reading and critiquing many, many drafts of this novel and for being encouraging and positive every time.

Enormous, overwhelming thanks to Linda DeMeulemeester, Emily Mah, Claire Fayers, Katie Kennedy, Martin Owton, and Tiffany Trent for reading and providing feedback on earlier versions of the novel.

I also want to acknowledge and thank my agents, editors, and readers over the years whose encouragement and suggestions have made me a better writer.

Thank you all.

Special thanks to Xenia Tashlitsky and Richard Larraga for helping to find typos and other errors in this book. You’ve saved me from some embarrassing mistakes. Any remaining are entirely my fault.