Many thanks, most importantly, to my father, Stephen Moore.
Thank you also to Christine Parkhurst, Rebecca Moore, Donald Moore, and all of the Caseys, for your support;
to Seth Fishman, Jill Bialosky, Maria Rogers, and Will Scarlett for your guidance;
to Patricia Mitchell, Nancy Connor, Tom Williams, Dan Afergan, Rob Geller, Chris Yap, Sumi Wong Yap, Max O’Keefe, Chiara Barzini, David Morris, Adriana Gomez-Juckett, Becky Auld, Geoff Parkhurst, Dave Cole, and most especially Brian Glusman, for your knowledge, advice, and expertise, any flaws in the translation of which are entirely mine;
to the American Academy in Rome, for the time and space to write;
and, as always, to Mac, for everything.
This book is dedicated to the memory of my grandmothers, Cheryl Parkhurst and Susan Moore.