Thanks are gratefully offered to my three children, Brendan, Megan and Dylan, and to Rachel McMillan and Leanne Dwinnell for reading the manuscript and offering suggestions; to John Pearce for support and guidance; and to Ting-xing Ye for comments, suggestions, love and inspiration.
In doing background research for this novel, I found these books helpful: Men of Colour, by David French (Kaste Books, 1978) and The Oro African Church by Tim Crawford (Township of Oro–Medonte, 1999).
The persons in my dedication, Irene and William (“Ding”) Bell, are my late parents. They were the model for the three couples at the center of this book.