ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FIRSTLY, A huge shout-out to Linda Smith, for her work on early sections of the manuscript. Also, a big grateful hug to my sister Maryanne Sweeney for her invaluable help with the final draft. Thank you also to Catherine Quin of Red Cliffs library for her assistance with research. I’m grateful to Tania Chandler, SJ Finn, and Kate Richards for their fantastic advice. And my thanks, as ever, go to Henry Rosenbloom and everyone at Scribe, especially Lesley Halm for her considered comments, and my gimlet-eyed editor, Anna Thwaites, who was a pleasure to work with.

My deep, deep gratitude to Clinton Green, for his love and support.