Authors: Avery Kirk
To be continued….
Acknowledgements
This book began with
an innocent seed of an idea while sitting at my kitchen counter. This idea waited patiently as I let several others tumble around in my brain. But, with those other ideas I was never as overcome with the need to get it down like I was this one.
I’d like to first thank my sister, Jenny, for reading each chapter about nine minutes after I finished it-without complaint-and then performing my first round of edits that she handed back to me in a brown handle-bag from a fancy vinegar shop, which I found memorable. I’ve never been to a vinegar shop.
I’d like to also thank my husband, Mark, for never getting visibly annoyed with me even when I read aloud for him countless blurbs of my pages to see his reaction. I appreciated how he closed his eyes sometimes as I read it so he could fully imagine the scene that I was hoping to create even though our sweet boys were in the background making a terrible racket.
Thank you to my boys, Jack and Sam, for tolerating my wandering attention and regular carryout. You constantly entertain me and I’m very proud of you.
Thank you to my mother, Marie, who read the first few chapters and who insisted that I am Mel. Although I insist that I’m not, while conceding that technically I’m every character (even the bad guy, Mom).
Sean and Jeff - thank you. I pulled on much experience from our interactions in the many years that we’ve been friends. I appreciate the answering of my questions in random phone calls in the early stages of the book and questions over dinner that began with ‘what would you do if…’ or ‘do you think you would…’ I’d also like to thank their wives, Jess and Laurie, for
accepting our relationships and becoming my friends as well.
Finally, thank you to my favorite earth mama, Tina, who could have potentially been my most fiery critic with her perfect honesty-a trait that I love. When she told me that one section in this book gave her chills I decide
d that I had to write stories as a forever. Your feedback was life changing.
Here goes.