Thank you, Geoff Sledge and Alex Demille, for including me in your writing group when I was too shy and afraid to actually share anything. Thank you for reading early drafts: Patty Pryor Skinner, Brigette Roth Smith, Connie Shulman, and Margaret O’Connor. Thank you, Lisa Mecham, for your generous friendship and Skype chats. Thank you, JiYeon Kim, for our shared childhoods of compulsive book reading and intrigue-heavy letter writing.
I might have been in danger of spending my life obsessively reading in a dark room if not for my family, who are the funniest, most ingenious and life-loving group of people. All my love to the Kim/Hwang family: Yookeun, Soo Jin, Yena, and Gideon. Big hugs to Allison Wuertz and the Portsmore family: Lauren, Matthew, Madelyn, and Alexa. Love and gratitude to Christine and Frank Wuertz, truly the best, most supportive and generous parents-in-law on the planet. I am incredibly lucky to be your daughter-in-law. Thank you to my immo and immobu, Juwon Koo and Mansup Chun, for the stories. This book would have been far less fun (to write and read) without your detailed memories of the 1970s. Giant thanks to my parents, Young Il and Jaseup Kim, who are the most intrepid people I know. Thank you for raising me with so much love, courage, and faith. This book is my heart for you.
None of this would have happened without the crazy love and endless support of my husband, Rob. Thank you for believing this could happen, and for giving me every opportunity to carry it through. All the best, most fun and delicious things in my life are because of you and us, and I don’t know how I got so lucky.
Hello, beautiful Emmett! Thank you for being born. You’ve made me incredibly happy.
About the Author
YOOJIN GRACE WUERTZ was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States at age six. She holds a BA from Yale University and an MFA from New York University. She lives in northern New Jersey with her husband, son, dogs, and chickens.
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