Acknowledgements

To Laurel, Kaydee, and Allison: Thank you for reading this project when I was barely halfway through. Thank you for giving me great feedback and cheering me across the finish line.

To Toni: Thank you for telling me you always knew I would write a book someday.

To Hannah: Thank you for commiserating with me about all the parts of writing a book no one tells you about.

To Navya: Thank you for listening to me talk about this book way too much.

To Fabi: Thank you for supporting me in this and all things.

Thank you to NineStar Press for thinking this is a story worth telling. Special thanks to Elizabetta for finding the right changes to make the story stronger and for editing what happens to comma placement when an American lives in Europe for two decades.