Again, But Better

Acknowledgments
I can’t believe I’ve reached this stage of my 
Again, but Better
book journey. I’m writing the acknowledgments for my first
novel? This is surreal. I have so many people to thank. The
first two have to be my parents. Thank you for letting me
study abroad. Those four months forever changed me, and the
paths I would choose to take.
To my agent, JL, and my editor, Eileen, thank you for
believing in this long, rambly contemporary book and
continuously challenging me through the revision process.
Thank you to the entire team at New Leaf and Wednesday
Books.
Thank you to my best friend, Dr. Katie McCormick-Huhn,
for sitting on the phone with me, brainstorming titles and
names, and helping me work through any scene at all hours of
the night. Thank you for being the first person to read this
story, back when it was in its most primal state. Thank you for
always cheering me on. Your enthusiasm and kind words were
so integral to this book.
Thank you, Julia Friley. You’ve been reading my crap, and
helping me make it better, since 2011. Thank you for
constantly pushing me to cut shit out of this book, helping me
with emails, and tolerating my insecure calls and texts. Thank
you for picking up the phone and brainstorming major plot
drama whenever I found myself in a bind. Thank you for
reading Part One three separate times. This book wouldn’t be
the same without you.

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Thank you, Kat O’Keeffe, for agreeing to be critique
partners with me, even though I was such a noob. Your
feedback and support are always spot-on.
Thank you, Natasha Polis, for reading Draft Three and
being there to discuss these characters with me whenever I
needed to. Also, thanks for that time we sat around during a
thunderstorm reading the chapters aloud in the dark.
Thank you to my other best friend, Dr. Jenna Presto, for
reading a huge chunk of the first draft and being my official
go-to source of knowledge for all things med school.
Thanks to Tiernan Bertrand-Essington and Christina Marie
for providing me with thoughtful, valuable feedback when I
needed it most.
Thank you to my cousin Holly Springhorn for being the
first person under twenty to read a chunk of the draft. Thank
you for sending me so much love.
Jesse George, Kat O’Keeffe, Larry Lane, Sasha Alsberg,
Kristina Marjieh, and Allison Gottlieb, thank you for your
endless support throughout this process.
To my siblings, Olivia and Paul: If you made it to the end
of this book, thank you for reading it—it means a lot. Olivia,
I’m honored to have written the second book you’ve ever
voluntarily read. I hope you’re not reading this before you
actually finish the book.
Thank you, Juan, for the endless encouragement in the
final stages of the publishing process.
To my whole Booktube, Bookternet family, ALL OF
YOU: Thank you for being the best, kindest, most welcoming,
most understanding, most supportive, gorgeous friends a girl
could ask for.
To my subscribers/viewers: Thank you. Thank you. Thank
you. You are a perpetual source of happiness for me. You have
enriched my life in every way. I hope you enjoyed my first
book. I hope it made you happy in some way or another. I

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hope you laughed. I hope it made you want to face your fears.
*AGGRESSIVELY HUGS YOU* *APOLOGIZES*
Nana, thank you for blessing me with your passion for
reading. Mrs. Gearing, thank you for reading aloud to us in
class and enforcing DEAR time in fourth grade. J. K. Rowling
and Stephenie Meyer, thank you for the stories that made me
fall in love with books.
Dearest reader, thank you for picking this up and
supporting my writing endeavors. I hope 
Again, but Better
brought you joy! If you’re not a big reader, I hope this made
you want to read more! If it didn’t, please hit me up on
YouTube at http://youtube.com/polandbananasBOOKS so I
can try to turn you via video.
xoxo
2018

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About the Author
Christine Riccio
’s polandbananasBOOKS YouTube channel
has more than 400,000 book-loving subscribers. She makes
comedic book reviews, vlogs, sketches, and writing videos
chronicling the creation of her own novel. She’s also one of
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has been collaborating with publishing companies and authors
and traveling across the United States to speak on book-related
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