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acknowledgments


Lol. This book.

Remember when I said the second one was hard? Well. Just… Wow.

I am grateful to so many people for their love and patience. Edward Orloff, my agent. You are decent and kind and I love the way you do business. Thank you, Susan Hobson at McCormick, for all the beautiful international editions.

Thank you to my family at Simon & Schuster. Kendra Levin, I didn’t know that editors like you existed. Thank you for your wisdom. And for extracting me from the hellscape of my own making when I decided I wanted this book to be done before it was ready. Dainese Santos, thank you for understanding my heart and reading with such sensitivity and care. I feel so stinkin’ affluent that I got to have a pair of Asian eyes on this trust-fall of a manuscript.

Justin Chanda, I’m grateful for your unwavering support. Chrissy Noh, Lisa Moraleda, Anna Jarzab, Anne Zafian, Lauren Hoffman… you guys! Here we are again. How even? I miss y’all! Remember offices? Plus, hi, Mackenzie at S&S Canada. Hearts.

To gg, a genius. And Lizzy Bromley, a legend.

Thanks to my people: Phil Chang, Asa Akira, Minya Oh, Eric Chang, Leilani Zahn, Kenzo, Eric Hu, Steven Yeun, Yoonjin Ha, Trish Hook, Naomi Zeichner, Rose Garcia, Kerin Rose, Sara Vilkomerson, Jess Gentile, Soo-young Kim, Keith Abrams, Gabriella Ainslie, Maeve Higgins, Melanie Campbell, Imelda Walavalkar, Brooke Nipar, Stephen Porto, Usha Khanna, Ginny Hwang, Emily Pai, and Kyoko Fukuda.

Suze Webb, thanks as always for the astute read. Karen Good Marable for the voice notes and the sentiments. Mark Lotto, thank you for bearing witness to every single multiverse version of Yolk and straight up telling me which ones were trash. Jami Attenberg for the perspective and reminders to be gentle. Aminatou Sow, Dr. Betty Nyein, Emily Eagan, and Dr. Jennifer Mueller at Memorial Sloan Kettering for your time and guidance around reproductive health.

Thanks to Zareen Jaffery for all the hand-holding and the love.

Thanks to Jenna Wortham for hanging out with me in outer space.

Thanks to Jenny Han for being a Virgo and for world-class discernment and courage.

To Jermaine Johnson, Priya Verma, Jason Richman, and Mary Pender. We are the most beautifullest together. I am so lucky.

To my therapist Ryan and the fellowship of now two different flavors of 12-step group. You guys stay saving my life and my sanity. Thank you for teaching me that feelings are not facts and that the universe is a benevolent conspiracy hellbent on showing me magic if I simply get out of the way.

For my family. Especially Ollie since he’s new. Especially—especially—to the mom one. I love you to the moon, Peaches. I’m so glad you’re still here even though you don’t read a lick of English.

And, of course, Samuel Reinhard. My favorite human being on this bum deal of a planet. I love you so much, it’s stupid.