My everlasting gratitude to Ann Beattie, Liv Jenks, Lacy Crawford, Jane Lancellotti, Lori Ogden Moore, Bridget Quinn, Tricia Stone, David Leof, and Wendy Willmot, who read drafts, offered advice, and otherwise kept me together, body and soul. Particular thanks to Daniel Wheeler, who turned on a dime and always with joy. Thank you, Katie and Tom Dickson and Julie Benello, for lending me writing spaces at crucial times. Bless you, Bea Rose, for always being at my side.
My love and admiration to the writers, readers, teachers, supporters, and staff of Narrative. You are the truest band of believers I know. Your kindness inspires me.
It is my great fortune and joy to have been gifted with three daughters. Girls, you are my daily bread. Lastly, first and always: with you, Tom.
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Carol Edgarian is the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Three Stages of Amazement and the international bestseller Rise the Euphrates, winner of the ANC Freedom Prize. Her articles and essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, on NPR, and in W, among many other publications. She is cofounder of Narrative, a nonprofit digital publisher of fiction, poetry, and art, and of Narrative in the Schools, which provides free libraries and writing resources to teachers and students around the world. Edgarian lives with her family in San Francisco. Join Carol on Instagram @CEdgarian or at www.CarolEdgarian.com.
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