Anyway, since I listen to everything Alvina says, I made a decision with North of Beautiful to attempt to thank people who had not been included in my previous books aside from my family, publisher (that alone was a tome), agent, and mentors (Janet Carey, Janet Wong, and Nicole Ueland).So at a birthday luncheon for my 90-year-old neighbor--who is as sharp and witty as they come--I gave her a copy