Copyright © 2023 by Grant Buday
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Edited by Claire Philipson
Copy edited by Senica Maltese
Cover design by Jazmin Welch
Interior design by Sara Loos
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isbn 9781990071157 (softcover)
isbn 9781990071164 (electronic)
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We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and of the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
This book was printed using FSC®-certified, acid-free papers, processed chlorine free, and printed with soya-based inks.
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