by Edan Lepucki
I can only stand to show you one discarded ending: Joellyn has a fantasy of Zachary making a piñata. Of himself. Blooper, indeed.
Knickerbocker
Last question, very important: You seem to be obsessed with bathtubs. Discuss.
Lepucki
Despite my valiant efforts to stop this ritual because of its water usage, I can’t help but take a bath almost every night. It’s true, I am obsessed. I guess you caught me writing what I know.
Thank you …
… to the hardworking folks at Flatmancrooked, in particular Elijah Jenkins, fearless publisher, and my incredibly astute and exacting editor Deena Drewis.
I’m grateful to a number of friends who read this manuscript at various points and gave me insightful feedback, and whose own writing keeps me engaged, challenged, happy, and humbled: Julia Whicker, Madeline McDonnell, Douglas Diesenhaus, and Paria Kooklan.
I owe a special thank you to Heidi Cascardo and Laura Shields for their firsthand knowledge of pregnancy, and to Mike Fusco and Emma Straub (M+E) for their design talents.
I’m lucky to have such a supportive and fun family, and it’s a pleasure to acknowledge them here.
Thank you especially—especially—to my husband, Patrick Brown: first, last and favorite reader.
EDAN LEPUCKI is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her short fiction has been published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Narrative Magazine, Meridian, and FiveChapters, among other publications, and she is the winner of the 2009 James D. Phelan Award. She is staff writer for The Millions and lives in Los Angeles, California, where she was born and raised.
Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
If You’re Not Yet Like Me
I Am the Lion Now
Author Interview
About the Author
