Thank you to:
Sarah Bowlin, my talented and generous editor, who made this book so much better.
Elisabeth Weed, my agent, friend, and advocate from the beginning.
All the folks at Henry Holt. Every writer should have a team this good.
My first readers: Alex Darrow, Susannah Meadows, Jessica Darrow, and Michelle Wildgen, whose kindness and guidance nudged me forward from a first draft.
Christina Paige. Boise City, baby!
Jennifer Sey, Mark Sundeen, April Saks, Carolyn Frazier, Andrew Wilcox, Lance McDaniel, Amy Sweigert, Carol Lawson, Lynn Kilpatrick, Darin Strauss, Lewis Buzbee, Sabine Laerum, Emma Fusco-Straub, Curtis Sittenfeld, Emily Bell, Michael Donohue, Dune Lawrence, David Khoury, Maartje Oldenburg, Melissa Kantor, Ben Gantcher, Rebekah Coleman, Meredith and Jennifer Bell, Aaron Sanders, and Denise Wood Hahn.
The Twin Cities contingent: Pamela Klinger-Horn, Beth Slater Winnick, Nina Roberson, Frank Bures, Bridgit Jordan, Jeff Chen, and Karen Ho.
My friends from the University of Utah Creative Writing Program.
Bob Barry and the Wednesday crew at the LIU pottery studio.
The Meadows and Darrow families, always.
Alex, Indigo, and Olive. You are the best.