Thanks to Barnes and Noble Astor Place, which hosted a reading for me on August 14th. It’s always flattering to a giantish picture of yourself in a store window. A special thanks to Paul for arranging things and introducing me, and to my friends Marilyn Haft, Judy Arthur, Joanne Gruber, Carol Vinzant, Carolyn Pilkington and Catharine Carroll (and her friend Zooey) for coming, and especially to the Isaac Family—David, Lorraine, Rachel and Harrison–who went above and beyond the call of neighborliness in leaving leafy Briarcliff and trekking 20-odd miles to sultry Manhattan to hear an excerpt.