Many people were a great help to me in the writing of this. Thank you to my agent, Ann Rittenberg, and my editor, Kim Robinson, and her assistant, Eve Bachrach. And thank you to a host of terrific readers and friends, appearing here in alphabetical splendor:
Stephen Beaudoin | Rick McLaughlin |
John Blanchard | Derek Mithaug |
Howard Block | Jennifer Morris |
Janet Bookspan | Lisa Nigris |
Mark Broschinsky | Barbara Owens |
Kathy Canfield | Eric Platz |
Nancy Christensen | Gwen Powell |
Carrie Cheron | Steve Procter |
Adrian Daly | Omar Roca |
Ed Donahueq | Jean Rife |
James Falzone | Nancy Shear |
Catherine Fitterman | Peter Spellman |
Jack Garrity | John Steinmetz |
The Jamaica Plain Prose | Sue Stockton |
Writers' Group | Bob Sullivan |
Jeffrey James | Steve Wogaman |
Tanya Maggi | Judith Ciampa Wright |
Patrick Maxfield | Jacob Yarrow |
Michael McGrade | Phillip Ying |
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