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  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TEXT LOGO PAGE
  3. ABOUT THE BOOK
  4. DEDICATION
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  45. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  46. ALSO BY NINA KENWOOD
  47. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  48. PRAISE
  49. NEW MARKETING PAGE

Thank you also to the entire brilliant team at Text, including Michael Heyward, Kate Lloyd, Julia Kathro, Sophie Mannix, Madeleine Rebbechi, Ariane Ryan and Anne Beilby, who have worked across publishing, sales, marketing, publicity and rights to support this book so well. I am eternally grateful. Thank you to designer Imogen Stubbs and illustrator Kitty O’Rourke for the cover of my dreams, bringing to life one of my favourite scenes in the book. Thank you also to former Texters who were hugely supportive of my first book and career, including Jamila Khodja and Lara Shprem.

Thank you to Emily Gale and Bronte Coates, for not only keeping me writing but making it a hundred times more fun than it would be on my own. Our writing group sustained me through the rollercoaster of writing my second book—the panic, doubts and second-guessing my ability to write anything at all, plus a pandemic, six lockdowns, early motherhood, toddlerhood, one hundred daycare colds and viruses, Covid, and all the anxiety, joy, rage, gossip, kindness and laughter we shared along the way. Forever my first and best readers, cheerleaders, book recommenders and dearest of friends.

A huge thank you to all my friends and family for your never-ending support and enthusiasm and love, it means so much. Extra-special thank you to Mum, Dad, Carla, Andrew, John, Liv, Laura, Tom and Maeve.

This book would not have been possible to write without paid childcare, so thank you to the excellent childhood educators who cared for my daughter so well through the last several years, including Zoe, Gaetana, Katie, Purti, Naama, and more.

Thank you to all the readers of my first book, It Sounded Better in My Head. Every review, every social media post, every lovely email, I have treasured them all. Very special thank you also to the glorious booksellers around the country who handsold and promoted it, I am indebted to you all.

Thank you to Taylor Swift for releasing two very good albums in 2020 that helped me find Brooke’s voice. And to everyone who ever worked on The Vampire Diaries, for giving Brooke and me the Salvatore brothers to enjoy.

Thank you to Dan who, when my day job, parenting, the pandemic and writing was all too much, encouraged me to take a risk, and helped me rearrange our lives to create the time and space I needed to write this book. And asked every day with cheerful enthusiasm, ‘How’s the writing going?’ even though I never responded well to that question. Love you.

Finally, thank you to my daughter Abby, who—while I can’t say made writing easier exactly—has brought so much love, joy, humour, chaos and happiness to my life. You’ve made my world more interesting, more intense, more wonderful than I could ever have imagined.

ALSO BY NINA KENWOOD

ALSO BY NINA KENWOOD

It Sounded Better in My Head

ABOUT THE AUTHOR