Esther Stories

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank the James Michener — Copernicus Society of America and the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa for a generous fellowship, as well as Rhoda Pierce, Rob Preskill, and Dantia MacDonald for immeasurable faith and support.

In 2013: Thanks to two legends of publishing, agent Ellen Levine and editor Pat Strachan, for, among so many other things, helping this book to see the light of day, again.

And to Ricardo Duranti, great Italian translator and dear friend. Il prossimo anno a Mompeo.