I Compromised My Ability To Tell My

It's A Great Thing When A Man Knows How To Dance, She Said. When A Man Can Dance, The World Is His Oyster." Adele, Henry's Mother

The Vehemence With Which Certain Critics Have Chosen Not Simply To Criticize What I've Written, But To Challenge My Writing This Story At All, Speaks Of What The Book Is About: Fear Of Disapproval.

For 25 Years, I Did Take My Responsibilities As A Pleaser Of Others Sufficiently Seriously.

I Have Long Observed That The Act Of Writing Is Viewed, By Some, As An Elite And Otherworldly Act, All The More So If A Person Isn't Paid For What She Writes.

The Portrait Of My Parents Is A Complicated One, But Lovingly Drawn.