Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many people helped bring this book to life. I would like to thank the doctors and specialists who shared with me their expertise: Dr. Susan Barnett, Rosemary Cozzo, Dr. Jay Gladstein, Mary Kay Grossman, R.D., Richard Harveston, Dr. Shawn Hassler, Dr. Jay Levy, Martin Pugh, and Dr. Edward Winger. Special thanks to Dr. Donald Abrams for giving the final manuscript a thorough medical checkup.
I am grateful to Cindy Neveu, Jerry Orcoff, Christine Pullum, and Al Shinn for sharing their personal stories; to Steven Barclay and Maurice Sendak for their support, loving as well as practical; to my fearless first draft readers, Jamie Inman and Lisa Michaels; to Kathryn and Dan Mayeda for their faith and encouragement; and to Ballantine senior editor Dana Isaacson and editorial assistant Deirdre Lanning for all their good work. I consider myself fortunate for the continued guidance of two wonderful women, my agent, Wendy Weil, and Ballantine editor-in-chief Nancy Miller, whose thoughtful suggestions and editing helped bring the manuscript to its final form.
I could never have started or completed this book, however, were it not for Steve Byrne, my partner in life and in writing. He gave his blood to my Five Quarts, literally and figuratively, and made sure every last word here was polished and heartfelt and true.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BILL HAYES is the author of the national bestseller Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir. His work has been published in The New York Times Magazine and Details, among other publications, and at Salon.com. He lives in San Francisco with his partner, Steve.
ALSO BY BILL HAYES
Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir
Author’s note: Some names have been changed in the memoir sections of this book.
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Copyright © 2005 by William Hayes
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hayes, Bill.
Five quarts: a personal and natural history of blood / Bill Hayes.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Blood 2. Medicine—History. I. Title.
QP91.H454 2004
612.1′1—dc22 2004050171
eISBN: 978-0-345-48215-0
v3.0