The Jewish Daughter Diaries (15 page)

Photo by Sara Mahler

Rachel Ament is a writer, editor and complainer living in Washington, DC. She has contributed to the
New
York
Times,
the
Jerusalem
Post, Oxygen,
and AOL, among other publications. She was also a member of the writing staff for the New Orleans–based independent film
Nola.

My massive thanks to my editor, Jenna Skwarek, and her team at Sourcebooks, Inc., for your enthusiasm, patience, and tremendous skill. To my agent, Monika Verma, for your endless kindness and perseverance. Thank you to Liz Funk, who taught me all I know about the publishing world. Much love to my dad and brother, my heroes, for showing me the way. To Allan and Deloris Ament for your heartfelt support. A special thanks to Chelsea Bowers, Allison Lipper, Julie de Carvalho, Lori Hawkins, Valerie Owen, Raquel Green, Aaron Fast, Becca Jonas, Zachary Terner, Jordan Michael Smith, Emily Geglia, Cassy Baptista, and David Rosen for your friendship and awesome ideas. My deepest gratitude to the collection's contributors for lending their time and prodigious talents to this endeavor. But most of all, thank you to my mom, whose exceptional mothering inspired an entire book.