Susan,
I finished your awesome book over a week ago, but am just writing to you now. Any words of praise I could say would not begin to do it justice. First of all, your style is unique: brief, to the point, and powerful in every sentence and that makes the impact of the content all the stronger. And the content is riveting as it is. I knew there was going to be a happy ending and that kept me going.

I think of myself as a person with a high tolerance for suffering, but your story is so totally sad and moving and I am not used to reading those types of books. It reminds me of Angela's Ashes (is that the right name? by that Irish writer a few years ago. When I got to the part where you write about three of your friends and supporters converging on trying to introduce you to Art a.k.a. as Butch, I thoroughly agreed with you that this had to be Providential. The earth is blessed because you two are present on it: to share your joys and sufferings with one another--and now with us, your devoted readers.
Dr. Janine Reklaitis
Associate Director
Women in Engineering Program
Purdue University

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