And finally, thank you to my amazing family. To Will, who got us to England together the first time and keeps calling us back each summer. I can’t wait for us all to gather around a table at Latimer’s. To Jackson, who is the best young traveler I have ever met, you inspire me to adventure. Your zest for new experiences, willingness to step outside your comfort zone, and ability to connect with people anywhere we go is a model for what we could all be if we stopped clinging to what we know and leaned into the extra-ordinary. And to Susie, how can I possibly find the words to thank the person who gives me everything all at once? You are both my roots and my wings, my freedom to roam and my safe place to call home. I know I have not made life easy for you, especially over the last year and a half. I have no romantic platitudes that can sufficiently convey my gratitude for the ways you have fought for me and for us. I only hope that you know how much I mean it when I say, I thank you, and I love you, come what may.

As always, none of these very long acknowledgements would be possible without the gift of grace from a loving creator, redeemer, and sanctifier.

Soli deo gloria.

Author’s Note

Author’s Note

Much like its predecessor Full English, this book is told from the point of view of two characters, one American and one British. And while I kept their vocabulary consistent with their nationalities, we ran into the same complications we faced last time, around spelling. While it’s all fine and good to have an American say “truck” and a Brit say “lorry,” it gets very disorienting to editors and readers alike to see the same words spelled differently, sometimes even on the same page. So, as I promised in the author’s notes to Full English, this time those spellings are consistently British. That said, there were still a few instances where British formal spellings and British common spellings conflicted, and when that happened, we asked actual Brits what would feel most natural given the character’s social class and geographical region. Obviously, language and dialect always carry a bit of subjectivity, so I hope you’ll give the Northumbrians I leaned on the benefit of the doubt in this area.