This new edition of A Return to Love is possible because of the book’s popularity since 1992. For that, my deepest thanks to Oprah Winfrey. Her enthusiasm and generosity have given the book, and me, an audience we would never otherwise have had.
Many thanks as well to my literary agent, Al Lowman. Because of him I started the book, and because of him I finished it. Andrea Cagan also did much to help bring this book to completion. Her contribution was enormous. Thanks to Carol Cohen, Adrian Zackheim, Mitchell Ivers, and all the others at HarperCollins who helped produce this new edition. For my friends Rich Cooper, Norma Ferarra, David Kessler, and Victoria Pearman, my gratitude is deep and abiding.
Thanks to every person who has attended my lectures since I began giving them.
Thanks to my parents for all they’ve given me, and to my daughter for bringing a sweetness to my life that soars way beyond words.
And most of all, thanks to all the many people who have read A Return to Love since it was first published and shared with me such powerful testimony of its value their lives. Their support for my efforts means more to me than I can express on this page.