Good Stuff

  JG: Heaven?

  CG: No, darling. But it’s a wonderful guess. Well, the answer is a book. But that was very good. I liked your answer better, I think.…

  1966 · BRISTOL, ENGLAND

  Mom, Dad, and infant Jennifer visit Grandma Elsie in her nursing home.

  Grandma Elsie: Archie, you know she’s like you. [Jennifer coos]…Look at her smiling.

  Dad: Good stuff, isn’t it?

  Grandma Elsie: ’Ello, darling. She’s watching Archie to see what he’s doing.

  Mom: Hello, sweet girl. Jennifer, give a smile, darling.

  Dad: Everybody smile.

  Acknowledgments

  Thank you to the friends whose love, wisdom, and infinite patience inspired me to write this book: Yehuda Berg, Winston Carney, Traylor Howard, Barbara Jaynes, David Jaynes, Quincy Jones, Jonathon Komack, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Camilla Olsson, Emily Procter, Shalom Sharabi, Barbara Sinatra, Dan Strone, Mark Teitelbaum, Victoria Wilson, and Madame Sylvia Wu.