We’d go to see the Russian art collection at the Met, stomp through the snow in Central Park, then go to that little Russian restaurant in the Village that had those really good pickles and that weird hairless poodle who sat in the window and barked at cabs.) I’d like to play that game one more time-except now we’re going to be a little more literal. Remember how we used to play the “today I live in” game when you were little and used to come visit me in New York? (I think I liked “I live in Russia” best. “Rules to what?” you have to be asking yourself. So it’s going to seem a little odd that this letter is full of rules I’ve written and that I need you to follow. #1 Dear Ginger, I have never been a great follower of rules. Without the editorial guidance of Ben Schrank, Lynn Weingarten, and Claudia Gabel of Alloy Entertainment, and Abby McAden of HarperCollins, I would be nowhere at all. John Jannotti is long overdue thanks for sharing his much-varied expertise and for his tolerance of my coffee-drinking.

Simon Cole and Victoria Newlyn provided safe haven in London and never once asked annoying questions like, “What are you doing here?” or “When are you leaving?” Stacey Parr served as resident expatriate and lovable mad aunt, and Alexander Newman as the Englishman in New York and ever-supportive uncle.

(An accomplishment, but not something I recommend.) This book began there, during my residency, when I also learned to navigate the roads of Midlothian, Scotland, in the pitch dark, in the rain, in winter. I would like to thank the trustees of Hawthornden Castle. The Red Scooter The Only ATM on Corfu The Runaway Niece The Green Slippers and the Lady on the Trapeze The Magical Key to Harrods The Padded House Seventy Thousand Burlap Sacks Lucky ThirteenĮxcerpt from The Last Little Blue Envelopeīack Ads About the Author Books by Maureen Johnson Credits Copyright About the Publisher Les Petits Chiens A Night on the Town The Best Hotel in ParisĬharlie and the Apple Homeless, Homesick, and Diseased Life with the Knapps Contact of Various Kinds The Secret Life of Olivia Knapp The Road to Rome Virginia and the Virgins The Runner The Master and the Hairdresser The Monsters Attack Jittery Grande Bright Ideas The Hooligan and the Pineapple The Not-so-Mysterious Benefactor For Kate Schafer, the greatest traveling companion in the world, and a woman who is not afraid to admit that she occasionally can’t remember where she lives.Ī Package Like a Dumpling The Adventures of Aunt Pegĥ4a Pennington Street, London Harrods Good Morning, England Richard and the Queen

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