Uncle Ned said good night to the women closing up the community store. Stargazey Point was just about the best place in the world. His uncle locked up the carousel, stuck the cash box under his arm, and came to stand beside him. Sometimes he heard it in his dreams, and he and Midnight Lady would gallop over the sand, wild like the wind-his uncle Ned had read that from a book once, wild like the wind. May you ride again.Įven when the carousel music slowly wobbled to silence, Cab could still hear it playing inside his head. Moreland Dentzel/Looff Carousel in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Little did I know while writing Stargazey Point that we would soon have so much in common with my fictional little South Carolina town still rebuilding many years later.Īnd three cheers to the Floyd L. I spent many happy and informative hours reading Deborah Lange’s Restoring the Glen Echo Park Carousel, an inspiration for anyone who loves historic carousels and is interested in learning about the work that goes into keeping them “alive” for a new generation.Ī special thanks to all those who came to our aid when Sandy gave us firsthand experience of the devastation left in the wake of a hurricane. To my grandmothers, Minnie and Letty, strong Southern women with staunch opinions, steadfast loyalties, and zest for lifeĪs always thanks to my agent, Kevan Lyon, and to my editor, Tessa Woodward, and to the HarperCollins art department for another wonderful cover.
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