Acknowledgements

I’m thankful to my reader/advisor/friend Judy Toews, my first-draft reader, for helping the plot find its natural path, and to my editors who worked so carefully to make the story the best it can be.

Many thanks to Jenny McWha and the team at Dundurn for wrapping the book in a great cover and putting it out there.

Thank you to my family, past and present. A family is a trellis, and my trellis might be a little oddly built, but it’s sturdy and keeps me upright.