Acknowledgements

The author would like to acknowledge the following people and places:

Sara Crowe and Vicki Lame for the faith and hard work.

Christine Schutt for the encouragement.

Jason Ockert for the mad tennis skills.

The grounds crew at Miami University of Ohio for the beautiful landscaping, which provided an idyllic setting for writing a portion of this novel in my notebook.

The city of Kalamazoo for the inspiration.

Courtney for everything.

And of course, McKenna Mapes for finally letting us in.