Acknowledgments

Thank you to the McGavin family for acting out the ending of the original version to show me a better way. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall. You’re lucky the neighbors didn’t call the cops.

Thank you to Allan Thornton for all of your incredible assistance in adding local authenticity. Any mistakes are my own! Your generosity and time allowed this book to flourish.

Thank you also to my editor, John Scognamiglio, for this opportunity to tell my stories. And always to Evan Marshall, who transformed my career.