Acknowledgments
Many people have been pulling for me throughout this entire enterprise, and without their love and encouragement I would never have gotten this book out the door, simple as that!
Kathleen Kotwica has been cheering me on since she read the manuscript on a plane a year ago, and has been a source of inspiration and guidance ever since. For their unwavering enthusiasm, I am so thankful to Nina Bernard-Huber, Elaine Courtney, my editor, map-creator and friend Valerie Spain, Anne McGrail, Mary McGrail, Aaron Zimmerman, Marguerite McGrail, Stephen Drouin, Cynthia Kimball, Kate Carney, Elise and Stephen Smith, Joan Donner, Julie “Giulietta” Nardone, Ray Bachand, Susan and John Abrahamson, Hugh Kennedy, Katrin Schumann, Billie Fitzpatrick, Linda Werbner, Gail Shobin, Cat Strahan, Susan Gonnella, Beth Byrne, Mike Hunter, Judy Leerer, Barbara Epstein, Gary Mott and Tony Kahn from WBGH, my publicist Sharon Heede, illustrator Victor Juhasz, cover designer Henry Yee, and layout artists/writers/publishers and generally wonderful people Nancy Grossman and John Grossman from Back Channel Press.
And of course I have to thank my husband George, who has been my champion since the day we met, a really really long time ago.
