Thank you, Sat, Amit, Arun and Xena for the love and inspiration. Thank you to my agent, John Pearce, for his limitless faith in this book. Thank you to my brilliant editor, Jen Knoch, who understood this novel from the start and helped me fully realize my vision. Thank you to Crissy Calhoun for an outstanding copy edit. Thank you to Nin and Subby for the day-to-day encouragement, and to Kay for being my trusted first, second, third and always reader. Thank you to Elee Kraljii Gardiner — the walk in the woods gave me courage to stay true to myself and to the stories I wanted to write. Thanks to my friends and family who keep me honest and grounded. Thanks always to Wayde Compton and Betsy Warland for the early encouragement that helped me find a way into a writing life. Thank you to all of those at ECW who do the invisible and important work of bringing diverse books into the world.
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