To Pamela Murray, Sarah MacLachlan, Nancy Miller, Christine Kopprasch, Kathy Pories, Maggie Riggs, Laura Perciaseppe, and Andrea Schulz, for their enthusiasm for the work and for their extremely helpful editorial comments;
To Richard Fausset, for anthropological assistance;
To Jon Rosten, for intel on the Mackinac Bridge;
To Kevin Mandel, always, for everything.
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emily St. John Mandel was born in British Columbia, Canada. She is the author of three previous novels—