The Daylight Marriage (18 page)

Acknowledgments

My thanks to those whose helped me in writing this book: Chris Castellani, Carolyn Cooke, Bret Anthony Johnston, Michael Lowenthal, Ladette Randolph, Jane Roper, Anna Solomon. For assistance with research, thanks to David Linsky and Kate MacDougall. To my team at Algonquin: Emma Boyer, Brunson Hoole, Rachel Careau, Lauren Moseley, Craig Popelars, Elisabeth Scharlatt, and Ina Stern. Thank you to Kathy Pories, talented editor whose keen vision and guidance helped transform this book into what it was meant to be; to Bill Clegg, longtime and invaluable friend, reader, advocate, therapist. Thank you to my sister, Margot Geffen, warm and safe haven. Thank you to my daughter, Amelia, intuition and kindness; to my son, Milo, heart and curiosity; and finally and most importantly to my husband, Neil, superhuman patience and support and unfailing optimism.

HEIDI PITLOR is the author of
The Birthdays,
about which Fred Leebron wrote, “Undeniably gratifying . . . Subtly riveting . . . This isn't just a terrific family novel; it's a terrific novel through and through.” Pitlor was formerly a senior editor at Houghton Mifflin and is the series editor for
The Best American Short Stories.
She lives with her husband and their twins outside of Boston. Her website is
pitlor.etherweave.com
. (Author photo by Aynsley Floyd.)

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This is a work of fiction. While, as in all fiction, the literary perceptions and insights are based on experience, all names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

eISBN 978-1-61620-492-1