Thank you - Gracias - Mahalo - Merci - Webale Nnyo Nyabo
My gratitude to the many Advance Readers who helped launch What’s Better Than This? by sharing in the laughter and the tears, the happiness and the heartbreak. Your words brought light to the darkest of nights. From across the United States, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Australia, it is you who have helped Mackey live on and helped me to heal knowing Mackey is still here within each of us. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart.
If you read an Advance Reader copy of What’s Better Than This? and your name does not appear on the list below, kindly visit my CONNECT page and tell me how our story was shared with you.
THANK YOU ADVANCE READERS!
Beatrice Achieng Nas
Jeff and Teresa Ackerly
Betsaida Alcantara
Kim Alexander
Carrie Amell
Tania Amrod
Jeanette Anagnos
Lorie Appleby
Ray Appleby
Liz Appleby
Lynn Archer
Bethany Arena
Tanya Asher
Nancy Atkinson
Martha Atwood
Pico Aulicino
Suzanne Avena
Melanie Babineau
Mike Baden
Barbara Kelly Bailey
Willow Baker
Nita Ballantyne
Richard Barber
Betty Barker
Dayna Barrett
Katheryn Barrett
Theresa Barringer
Romona Bartholemew
Carra Bartles
Jill Barton
Frank Bauer
Maureen Borman Behan
Joan Belchelor
Cassandra Berardi
Patty Berberich
Michele Bernier
Damian Bertuzzi
Monica Bethea
Tracy Betterton
Tia Blaber
John Blaney
MaryJane Blaney
Bonny Boice
Joe and Mrs. Bolander
John Bolte
Michael Bonse
Cheryl Bowers
Nancy Gorman Bowlen
Maureen Boyd
Linda Boyer
Mike Boyer
Jessie Boyle
Claudine DeCarolis Brammer
Trisha McCauliff Braverman
Cathy Briggs
Gerry Onzan Brooks
Lynn May Brown
Lou Buffalino
Sylvia and Arthur Burns
Ned and Chris Burt
Florence Cambell
Frank and Kathy Campagna
Jane Campo
Donald Carey
Laura Cashman
Barbara Catherall
Noni Cavaliere
Jo Ann Cella
Correen Chamberlain
Lynley Chandler
Leina Yvonne Chi
Kate Clapp
Elizabeth Clark
Shirley Clydesdale
Barbara Connelly Cohen
Diane Cole
Alicia Collins
Fran Conway
Jack Conway
Sheila Conway
Margaret Mancini Coon
Kelli Corkins
Danielle Cormier
Glynis Cowart
Peggy Crabtree
Rich and Donna Croce
Edmond Culhane
Patty Curry
Tracy O'Sullivan Custodio
Guy and Meg Cusumano
Beth Barrett Dachs
Carol Daley
Friends of Dana Farber
Marianne Dart
Maria D'Avanza
Veronica Singleton Davidson
Darcy Davis
Denise DeCarolis
Doreen DeCarolis
Lorraine DeCarolis
Danielle DeCarolis
Louie DeCarolis
Melissa Ogden DeGel
Judy Kragen Degenhart
Jan Demuth
Courtney Dennis
Jamie Dennis
Joanne Leoni DeSarle
Renata Diotalevi
Beth DiPasquale
Denny Dougherty
Gail Dougherty
Deb Downes
JoAnne Doyle
Loren Dugan
Kara Dunbar
Kaylan Duncan
Francoise Dunefsky
Cindy Dunican
Brian Dunn
Judith Eisen
Suzanne Eisenlohr
Lisa Embleton
Fred Everson
Cynthia Farrer
Chris Fenaroli
Jacqueline Fenaroli
Zoie Figueroa
Tammy (Starkie) Firmbach
Sue Flanagan
Sharon Flanders
Katie Flavin
Louise Flood
Cindy Crotty Flynn
Patti Foley-Carver
Alice Foster
Dave Fox
Gary Fox
Yvonne Fox
Shaleen Fox-Bridgham
Christina Francello
Eleanor Friery
Mary Frioli
Kelly Gagnon
Sheila Galione
Denise Gardner
Denise Gasparini
Nikki Gastinieu
Diane Gates
Tracy Gaul
Jill Genzano
Tara Gigliotti
Mary Kudsy Gilfeather
Megan Gillespie
Rena Glickman
Barbara Gnatek
Shellie Goldstein
Sarah Gonzolaz
Jenny Grace
Linda Greenblatt
Pat Greenwald
Kathy Eli Griffin
Maureen Grillo
Anita Guthrie
Illia Haggerty
John Hall
Alane Hall
Beth Hauptman
Patrick and Laura Hegarty
Kate Helman
Kelly Heppner
George Hermann
Amy Hernandez-Metcalf
Bill and Pamela Bresse Hesse
Scott Higgins
Julie Hilton
Judy Hlafcsak
Joann (Arias) Hobson
Karen Homan
Janet Hopkinson
Gillian Hourihan-Stenner
Irene Hourihan
Charlotte Annie Howley
Robert and Susanne Hughes
Vicki Hunter
Vicki Imperati
Pattie Kowalski Jackson
Barbara Jacob
Nancy Reid Jansen
Leah Jardigan
Pat Johnson
Pam Jones
Peter Kahrmann
Mandy Kelder
Regina Kelly
Steven J. Kelly
Rachael Rose Kelly
Lee Kennedy
Maureen Kennedy
Jeanne Kett
Priscilla Kimble
Carmella Knauss
Aimee Knight
Francine Kolbinski
Liz Kowalski
Lucy and Tom Kuriger
Carol LaMonda
Tanisha LaPlant
Barb Larsen
Deb Lawrence
Janis and Peter Lawson
Terri Lee
Mary Ann and John Lenahan
Liz Leonard
Becky Leonard
Kate Lewis
Sean Leyden
Mannon Lindhorst
John Ljutich
Julie Longobardi
Jennifer Lotano
Catherine Luttinger
Susan Mergendahl Lydon
Steve Lyons
Colleen Mackey
Emma Maff
Kristin Magnanini
Debi Maguire
Donna Mahoney
Kaleen Mahoney
Tracy Mahoney
Cindy Mahoney
Mary Majesto
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Lynn Wildman Makris
Leslie Malin
Briana Maloney
Mary Catherine Marco
Nancy Ehrman Mariani
Jim Marino
Lucia Marino
Tony Marmo
Ann Marrott
Jamie Marshall
Kathleen Marshall
Jeff Martin
Laurel Martinez
Lisa Martynek
Annmarie and Roxann Masi
Kathleen Masi
Emily Matthews
Joan Mauro
Tim and Maureen McAuliffe
Karen McCann
Sherry McCardle
Daniel McCauliff
Beth (Woods) McDonald
Joan McEleney
Mike McGarty
Gwen McGuire
Patricia McNulty
Kim McWilliams
Janet Means
Deborah Meddaugh
Gena Hofmann Medema
Maria Papola Megdal
Liliana Meneses-Aguis
Jeffrey Menig
Lisa Mergandahl
Marcie L. H. Merz
Deidre Miller
Jennifer Miller
Erin Coon Misasi
Sheri Monaco
Alyssia Mondello
Cynthia Montague
Diane Moore
Kaitlyn Moore
Melissa Moore Molinaro
Roseann Moore
Kelly Mosher
Venus Mosher
Jennifer Mullen
Deb Murray
Jillian Nadiak
Neema Namadamu
Cori Neckels
Karley Nichols
Dennis and Joyce O'Brien
Brother Sean O'Connor
Kelly O'Connor
Mary Odak
Al Orton
Jill O'Sullivan
Tara O'Sullivan
JoAnne Parisian
Jean Ann Peck
Nancy Peers
Karen Peluso
Terry Perri
Darlene Pfeiffer
Patricia Phelan
Christine Phillips
Paul and Linda Piastro
Mrs. Picard
Sharon Pierce
Reverend & Mrs. Charles Piper
LeeAnn Pitcher
Marcy Pollitt
Karen Porcelli
Kristin Potter
Pam Arnold Powers
Herbie Pumarejo
Gale Queak
Diane Quinn
Mary and Michael Quinn
Shirley Rabbett
Stephanie Ragucci
Lisa Bain Ramos
Cindy Rathjen
Stacey Rein
Ellen Reinhard
Marybeth Relyea
Sil Reynolds
Cindy Wynant Rhodes
Vincent Ricotta
Loni Rifenburgh
Wendi Rinaldi
Cecelia Ringel
Janie Riordan
Barbara Madison Ripps
Jennifer Rivers
Denise LeClair Robbins
Ginny Robinson
Karen Robinson
Rina Rochette
Karen Rodgers
Sandy Rogers
Laurie Rogoff
Melissa Roling
Lorie Miller Rosborough
Carla Ross
Kimberly Ross
Heika Rossignol
Stacey Ruby
Michelle Rudnicki
Cassandra Ruff
Marissa Ruff
Bob Ryan
Gerard Salmon
Mary Salmon
Lorraine Salmon (Lorraine's Mom)
Amanda SantaMaria
Toni Saychek
Art Schad
Jill Schloemer
Robin Schmitt
Annie Scholl
Jennifer Schwartz-Berky
Bar Scott
June Seltman
Mags Shafer
Vanessa Shafer
Terry Thomas Shaker
Norm and Lisa Shanley
Louise Shannon
Cathleen Shannon
Barbara Shaw
Jana Shepherd
Cathy Siefert
Jean Glowienka Simon
William Singleton
Mary Sipperley
Karen Sipperley
Barb Skiba
Chris and Megan Smailer
Nicole Smaldone
Elaine Smith
Regan Smith
Kathy Smith
Nancy Southard
Maria Souto
Vickie St. John-Gilligan
Susan Stelman Starkie
Karen Stracher
Betsy Streib
Helen Stumbo
Janet Sullivan
Laurel Sweeney
Debra Taylor
Fiona Taylor
Patricia Taylor
Bernadette Thompson
Julie Thompson
MaryJane Thompson
Cindy Niederhauer Tice
Tia Torch
Lisa Towler
Peggy Treanor
Wendy Tremper
Mary Tribble
Bridget Turpin
Marybeth Blum Tuton
Paul Tymchyn
Renee Dober Ure
Jeanne Valentine Chase
Christina VanVort
Lindsey VanEtten
Jody VanLoan
Stacey Vaughn
Monty and Geraldine Vella
Miles Vidor
Liz Visconti
Kerri Vitek
Lori Voegler
AnnMarie Vosburgh
Pam Voss
Vivian Wadlin
Julie Wagner
Laurie Walden
Mark and Melissa Walker
Wendy Wallace
Laura Walsh-Baker
Tom Ward
Richard Warshauer
James and Robin Wasenius
John Waterhouse
Sandy Waters
Sharon Waters
Eileen and Frank Weber
Carrie Weledniger
Sandra Wheeler
Beth White
Darlene White
Jordyn J. Whitman
Ava Wiley
Anita Williams Pack
Mary Willis
Sarah Willis
Spyder Wilson
Pat Wolff
Sheila Woods
Bean Wrenn
Maxine Wright
Sheila Wright
Cacilia Wyman
Kathy Yanas
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Susan York
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