Acknowledgements

I have borrowed, here and there, real places and historic events and turned them into fiction. But that does not make this a true story.

There was a Johnny Kellock who went looking for a better life. I hope he found it.

I owe a special thank you to my mother, Rose, for sharing her name and her memories. Thanks, too, to those who helped me shape this story into a book, especially Lena Coakley, Kathy Stinson, Paula Wing, the Eisan family, and my editor, Lynne Missen.