Aside from naming a child after someone, dedicating a book is the purest way of saying thank you and you’ve been important in my life. I never do it lightly. The first edition of this book was dedicated:

For FRANK M. ROBINSON, who
has helped, rescued, and even cried
sad, dark tears; in friendship.

But years pass, and while the debt a dedication pays does not diminish in value, time separates friends; and the time machine that is a book permits the correction of oversights and omissions. So this new edition refurbishes the thank you to Frank and adds:

For RACHEL, with love.