My agent, Philippa Brophy, was, as she has always been, a lighthouse on many a stormy night and a constant friend and source of encouragement. Thank you to the people of Woodstock, Vermont: to Susan Morgan of the Yankee Bookstore; to George, Linda, and Josh at the Village Butchers; to the staff of the Woodstock Pharmacy; and to the amazing women of the Whippletree Yarn Shop—Andrea and Shelley, you kept me sane. Thank you to Kathy and Jon Peters of Runamuck, especially for Henry. For the information on the Piro Indians, I am indebted to Peter Gow’s essay “Land, People, and Paper in Western Amazonia” in The Anthropology of Landscape: Perspectives on Place and Space, edited by Eric Hirsch and Michael O’Hanlon. To Garrett Epps and Joe Olshan, there can never be enough hosannas for the comfort, kindness, and confidence. Harriet Goodwin and Lynne Bertram are my guardian angels and good friends—thank you for taking such good care of me. Thank you, Cynthia Gorney and Megan Rosenfeld, for your reading and your advice, for your good humor, and for being two of the most dazzling women I know.
