A Violet Season (32 page)

One last question (we have to ask): How do you pronounce your last name?

First of all, the
Z
is silent. There are lots of tricks my family uses to help people pronounce it. One of them is that it’s what you do with an orange: see it, peel it.
See-peel.
Some people think I was crazy to take my husband’s name and give up “Leonard,” but I like having a quirky name. And I don’t mind if you pronounce it wrong. You couldn’t possibly come up with a pronunciation I haven’t heard before!