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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To Spyros Orfanos, who exudes the spirit of Zorba the Greek, for his
innovative creativity study group—and to my fellow creative travelers.
To Jody Davies, and the gifted women in our study/supervision group,
for their intuition and generosity.
I also wish to thank Julie Grenet, not only a psychoanalyst but also
a French scholar, who translated the letters of Proust, Flaubert, and
George Sand. And thanks to Allison Katz for her generous assistance.
Special appreciation to my patients and supervisees, who have
enriched my life more than they know.
Many thanks also to the members of the creative writing groups I
have run over the past twenty years. I am in awe of the risks they take
every time they write.
Heartfelt thanks to my dear friends through the years for their love,
friendship, and hours of soul-searching and laughter: Nancy Spanier,
my creative co-conspirator since we were thirteen years old, Janine de
Peyer, Ida Dancyger, Ellen Fries, Caryn Sherman-Meyer, Joyce Selter,
Puja Hall, Judith Lit, Pam Frost, Renee Hertzberg, and Constance Cohen.
And to my family. My caring father who always loved me for just
being me; he taught me to value my mind and instilled the importance
of lifelong intellectual curiosity. And to my mother who encouraged me
to dream in many important ways. And to my late big brother, Vic, who
is dearly missed.
I feel immense indebtedness to my late husband Paul Zindel for
encouraging me to be a writer, and for his brilliant appreciation of
drama and language. He was the ultimate artist, and the best person
at surprises and the unexpected. He gave freely of his knowledge and
talent, and I am eternally grateful.
To my son David, whose adventurous spirit and playful sense of
humor have always made me smile and see the world in a new way. To
Rachel Zindel, a dynamic and creative force as both actress and mother.
And to the littlest Zindels, Dylan Paul and Wyatt Andrew: the future
awaits you.
To my daughter Lizabeth, a beautiful, joyous spirit and gifted novelist.
Our conversations are a fountain of imaginative ideas, and together
we enter a terrain where all becomes possible.
And to Steve Bello, the best of editors. He more than anyone has
listened to my ideas, explored them with me, and helped germinate the
seeds.