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Acknowledgments

With tremendous gratitude and appreciation, I’d like to thank the
following people:
Mom, once again, you are and always have been the most sup-
portive person of my writing. A thousand thanks for getting up at
the crack of dawn with the girls all summer so that I could use the
mornings to either sleep or write. And a very special thank-you
to my sister Keralee, who was not only the chief chef and bottle
washer but also the beloved laundry fairy and a wonderful aunt to
the girls so that I could happily ignore the details of domestic life
and focus on writing. I honestly don’t think I did anything other
than scramble an egg or two all summer long, thanks to you two
wonderfully supportive angels!
Fiona Sarne, the brilliant editor at McGraw-Hill who worked
most closely with me on the finer details of the book. Not only
do I appreciate all your insightful comments and suggestions that
most certainly improved the book, but also and more than any-
thing I appreciate your cheerful enthusiasm, which made it a fun
and effortless (well, almost!) project. It has been a pleasure working
with you. Emily Carleton for your excellent ideas and comments
and working with me to get the right structure in place, and Judith
McCarthy, my publisher at McGraw-Hill, for inviting me to write
the book in the first place and making it possible. Charlie Fisher
and his production team for making the book look great; the mar-
keting and publicity team, especially Heather Cooper and Staci
Shands; and Sally Ashworth, Maya Barahona, and Sue Blake in
the UK office. It has always been a pleasure working with the very
professional team at McGraw-Hill.
My sister Sarelyn for your ongoing e-mail and phone support
and for your wonderfully witty sense of humor. You always make

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