Ac k n o w l e d g m e n t s
This is a small hymn to an exaltation of women.
Rlene Dahlberg fanned the embers.
Lisa Schwarzbaum read early pages and encouraged me.
Mary Breasted Smyth, elegant novelist herself, read the first
third and passed it on to
Molly Friedrich, who became my agent and thought that
Nan Graham, Editor-in-Chief at Scribner, would be just the
right person to put the book on the road.
And Molly was right.
My daughter, Maggie, has shown me how life can be
a grand adventure, while exquisite moments with
my granddaughter, Chiara, have helped me recall
a small childs wonder.
My wife, Ellen, listened while I read and cheered me
to the final page.
I am blessed among men.