—E.M.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Amy Tompkins at Transatlantic Literary Agency and Catharina de Bakker and Mel Marginet at Yellow Dog. I am grateful for their excellent questions, enduring generosity and cheerful support.
Thank you to Melissa Walter for reading the first version, before it morphed from short story to novel, while Maria Robson, Arden Hegele, Joanne Leow, Deirdre Baker, Christine Choi, Joanna Krongold, Emese Hegedus and Kati Tausz were great listeners during the process. Christa Jeney, Tom and Nora Magyarody were there before the beginning.
Thank you to the many parts of my family, who helped me learn about folk customs like the kiszebáb (and see them enacted in Cleveland), enjoy the power of communal song, bother the weavers at Szentendre, go to Estdocs to see that documentary about rahvariietus and mangle my Tatar vocabulary in Orenburg.
Thank you to Iliya Sigal for reading many drafts, and to Aaron for arriving right on time.
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