Many thanks to Anne Stringfield, Steve Martin, Esther Newberg, and Peter Gethers—the four in-laws of these married words.
Special credit to E. A. Hanks for her blue pencil and sharp, honest eyes.
Plus, a tip of the cap and a buck apiece to Gail Collins and Deborah Triesman.
And thanks to all those at Penguin Random House who examined, admired, improved, and made presentable these stories.