Family Member's Get Mention In Goldberg's Latest

 

My cousin, Tod Goldberg, has been known to use names of actual people to portray characters in his novels.  I intentionally waited for the season to start before diving into Tod's Eight Very Bad Nights.  A collection of short stories from various writers that he knows.

In the forward, Tod mentions my Uncle Arny, (bottom picture), who is actually Tod's cousin.  He is addressed as Uncle Arny, as he will always be. 

When I got to the next page of the forward, there was a reference to Tod's Auntie Esther, (middle picture), who is my Grandmother Barer.  She is actually addressed as Auntie Esther, as she was Tod's great aunt.

Now, I 'm ready to see what awaits me in the book.