Wonderful people throughout the author’s life provided unique and irreplaceable lessons and inspirations:
Juniper
Russell
Esther
Smith
Vicky Ball
Dottie Frisbie
Linda
Dezzutti Martha
Higgins
Jennifer Carolyn Gates
Susanne Koller
Rachael
Bleich Charleen
Cox
Paula Wells
Meredith Herzog
Sarah
Satterthwaite
Patricia
Sharp
Ashley
Riddle Peter
James
Antonya Pickard
Valuable readers gave the author feedback after digging through early drafts of the book:
Karen
Oster
Cecelia
Harper
Excellent critiquers commented on thousands of passages, then provided reactions during in-depth interviews:
Sidney Oster, 12
Catherine “Cat” Harper, 14
Sarah Bray, 14
Dylan Oster, 14
Joshua
Utter,
17
Alex
Chalcraft
Careful publishing assistants, proofreaders, and technical helpers brought the final manuscript as close to perfection as possible: Cecelia Harper
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