When the audience bursts into applause, I get goose bumps and feel like I might cry. Thanks a lot, Cappie!
14) "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43, Variation 18, Andante cantabile"—Van Cliburn
OMG, is Cappie trying to kill me? This song has no words, but somehow it still makes me want to weep uncontrollably. And here's a tip: don't rent the movie Somewhere in Time, which has this song in it. Now I can hardly function from tragedy! Christopher Reeve was young and strong and alive in this movie.
15) "Pictures of You"—The Cure
Old-school angst. Classic.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Fierce love to my family. They give me everything.
Literaticat, a.k.a. Jennifer Laughran, thank you for the super-strength, sugar-free agenting. Oh, and that little matter of making my lifelong dream come true.
Awesome editor Margaret Raymo—thank you for believing in my book enough to take a chance on it, and for being generous with the compliments every step of the way. Thanks, also, to the whole Houghton Mifflin Harcourt team. I look forward to thanking you all in person someday.
Sisters Michelle and Beverly are my Ideal Readers, and I adore them both. Gratitude and love also to my parents, my first readers.
Hard-working critique partners (Melissa Higgins, C. Lee McKenzie, and Heather Strum) deliver the most thoughtful, insightful comments a writer could wish for.
Brian McLernon (he's not really "Spike") was kind enough to read the book in manuscript form and make sure I wasn't committing photography faux pas.
Unsurpassed in the FRIEND department—I would write a letter of reference for any of them—Jo, John, Sharon, Karyn, Benita, Melissa, Laura, Laureen, and Carla. And He Who Prefers to Remain Anonymous—thank you for talking to me about cadavers, dieners, and beveled bullet wounds. There would be no book without you.
Real Life, Real Time local writer friends April Henry and Lisa Schroeder are indispensable. And Sara Zarr may not be local, but she kindly provides sanity checks.
Novelists need constant encouragement, so to anyone who ever told me not to give up: thank you.
Online friends have a way of becoming as indispensable as RL ones. Thanks, Debs (www.feastofawesome.com), for all the fun and feelings. Thanks also to Jo Knowles, whose 2005 JoNoWriMo+1.5 Challenge drove me to finish this book in a concentrated burst of inspiration and determination.
Untold gallons of coffee and iced tea, plus infusions of chocolate, result in happy hours of writing.
This is really my book. Wow.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
If you are interested in photography, the following books are wonderful resources.
Burke, Carolyn. Lee Miller: A Life. Knopf, 2005.
Govignon, Brigitte, ed. The Abrams Encyclopedia of Photography. Harry N. Abrams, 2004.
Hammond, Anne. Ansel Adams: Divine Performance. Yale University Press, 2002.
Hedgecoe, John. The Book of Photography: Simple Techniques for Taking Better Pictures. DK, Dorling Kindersley, 2005.
Hoy, Anne H. The Book of Photography. National Geographic, 2005.
Jenkinson, Mark. The Complete Idiots Guide to Photography Essentials. Alpha, 2008.
Lenman, Robin, ed. The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Montier, Jean-Pierre. Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Life. Bulfinch Press, 1996.
Newman, Cathy. Women Photographers at National Geographic. National Geographic, 2000.
Peterson, Bryan. Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography. Amphoto Books, 2003.
PHOTOgraphic Magazine and Mike Stensvold. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photography Like a Pro. Alpha, 2005.
Steichen, Edward, ed. The Family of Man. Museum of Modern Art, 1955.
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