The Snow Garden (56 page)

     I am indebted to my father, Stan Rice, for helping to reacquaint me with the administrative mechanisms of a large university campus, and Dr. Mark Lerner, for assisting me in accurately representing Boston’s suburbs. Any errors are mine and not theirs.

     Jonathan Burnham and David Groff shined light into the dark portions of my first draft. The entire team at Talk Miramax Books continues to astound me with their focus, accessibility and compassion; special thanks to Kristin Powers, Kathy Schneider, and Hilary “Fierce” Bass. My agent, Lynn Nesbit, deserves too many thanks for one page. Because
The Snow Garden
was written during a period of personal transition, I'm compelled to thank a special group of people who might not know how invaluable their support was: Brandy Pigeon, Sid Montz, Jeff Morrone, Brian Sibberell, Spencer Doody, Jay Marose and Julia DiGiovanni.