In connection with this project, I have gone to Cambodia twice a year since 2003. For help in vetting the manuscript for cultural accuracy, I thank Limheang Heng, Donald Jameson, Menghun Kaing, Kalyanee Mam, Socheata Poeuv, Savada Prom, and Kem Sos. For editorial help, I thank George Kovach, Yael Goldstein Love, Betsy Sallee, and my wonderful editor at Counterpoint Press, Dan Smetanka.
© Michael Lionstar
ALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of six novels, including the international bestseller Einstein’s Dreams, as well as The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. He is also the author of a memoir, three collections of essays, and several books on science. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Granta, Harper’s Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Salon, Nature, and Nautilus, among other publications. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. In 2003, Lightman founded the Harpswell Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower a new generation of women leaders in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. He lives in the Boston area.
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