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1、????ThreeWeeksWithMyBrotherNicholasandMicahSparks???????Forourfamily,withlove???Acknowledgments?Therearealwayssomanypeopletothankwhenitcomestowritingabook,andasalways,thenamesaremuchthesame.?First,wehavetothankourwives,CathyandChristine,withoutwhomthisbookneverwouldha
2、vebeenpossible.?Andourchildren-Miles,Ryan,Landon,Lexie,andSavannah(Nicholas?s)andAlliandPeyton(Micah?s).Lifewithoutthemisimpossibletoimagine.?AlsonolessgratitudegoestoTheresaParkofSanfordGreenburgerandJamieRaabofWarnerBooks,ouragentandeditorrespectively.It?sbeenadream
3、workingwiththem.?LarryKirshbaumandMaureenEgen,theCEOandpresidentofWarnerBooks,werekindenoughtobelieveintheproject,anddeserveourthanksaswell.?JenniferRomanello,EdnaFarley,EmiBattaglia,JulieBarer,ShannonO?Keefe,PeterMcGuigan,ScottSchwimer,HowieSanders,RichardGreen,Flag,
4、DeniseDiNovi,LynnHarris,MarkJohnson,CourtenayValenti,andalltherestdeserveourthanksaswellforvariousrolestheyplayedintheproject.?Andfinally,thankstothestaffandcrewofTCS,aswellasourfellowtravelingcompanions,includingPage1thewonderfulBobandKateDevlin.Itwaswonderfultraveli
5、ngwithallofyou.???Afriendisalwaysloyal,andabrotherisborntohelpinthetimeofneed.?Proverbs17:17???Prologue?ThisbookcameaboutbecauseofabrochureIreceivedinthemailinthespringof2002.?ItwasatypicaldayintheSparkshousehold.I?dspentagoodpartofthemorningandearlyafternoonworkingon
6、mynovelNightsinRodanthe,butithadn?tgonewellandIwasstrugglingtoputthedaybehindme.Ihadn?twrittenasmuchasI?dintendednordidIhaveanyideawhatIwouldwritethefollowingday,soIwasn?tinthebestofmoodswhenIfinallyturnedoffthecomputerandcalleditquitsfortheafternoon.?Itisn?teasylivin
7、gwithanauthor.Iknowthisbecausemywifehasinformedmeofthisfact,andshedidsoagainthatday.Tobehonest,it?snotthemostpleasantthingtohear,andwhileitwouldbeeasytogetdefensive,I?vecometounderstandthatarguingwithheraboutithasneversolvedanything.Soinsteadofdenyingit,I?velearnedtot
8、akeherhands,lookherintheeyes,andrespondwiththosethreemagicwordsthateverywomanwantstohear:??You?reright,sweetheart.??Somepeop