Acknowledgments

I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my daughter, Marcie Jones Brennan, for her contributions to this book and her unflagging support of the Great Expectations series. I would also like to acknowledge the warm and always helpful input of the series editor, Jennifer Williams, at Sterling Publishing, and Melanie Gold, whose exquisite editing not only corrected the manuscript but made it stronger and better. In addition, I would like to recognize the efforts of designer Rachel Maloney for laying out the book so beautifully, and Elizabeth Mihaltse for the terrific cover. Last, but not least, a big thank you goes to Editorial Director Michael Fragnito, for keeping the faith; to Publisher Jason Prince; Leigh Ann Ambrosi, VP of Marketing and Publicity; and Marcus Leaver, President and CEO of Sterling, for their continuing support of the Great Expectations series.