A Slip of a Girl

by Patricia Reilly Giff

  I’m truly indebted to the poet, Sister Immaculata Muldoon, who taught me to love words; to Doctors John Mullee and Arpad Kovacs who inspired my love of history; and to my mentor, Doctor Sidney Rauch, who believed in me.

  A special thanks to Joan Jansen, world’s best researcher, and to Rose Kent and Doctor Andrew Duda for all their support.

  I so appreciate my family who appear regularly, if anonymously, in my books: Bill and Cathie Giff, Alice and Jim O’Meara, and Laurie Giff; and my grandchildren, Jimmy, Chrissy, Bill, Caitie and Stephen, Conor, Patti, Jilli, and Haylee.