a novel by Mark Cashman
To Mr. Hitchcock who first encouraged me...
To Randy, friend of my youth, and to Mrs. Cooper and Clifton Greene, who showed me it was true...
To Kim Johnson, who read the beginning and knew what it meant...
To Lisa Pesci, who read the whole thing and knew what it meant...
To myself at age 13, who began it...
To myself at age 30, who found it incomplete...
To myself at age 37 who found resolution after a wild ride...
And most importantly, to Sue and Ara who helped create a home where it could mean what it does.