For Tom

And for F, M, J and P,

With so much love, Katty.

For my father, Morgan, who taught me the thrill
of a life of the mind.

For my mother, Christie, who showed me the joy
of a life of the heart.

For my husband, Jay, who’s encouraged, with
great humor and patience and love, my struggle
to pursue both.

And for Hugo and Della, who’ve managed to
shatter everything I thought I knew, and rearrange
it into a design that’s suddenly, brilliantly clear.

Love, Claire