ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to mentors Howard Norman, Richard Scrimger and Antanas Sileika at the Humber School for Writers for your notes, guidance and encouragement. I’ll also throw in patience and tolerance.

Thank you to Sarah B. Hood, Kathleen Vaughan, Marion Robb-Gardner, Sarah Cooper, Ken Kidd and Darren Van Dyk for reading earlier drafts of this novel and for your generous feedback. I owe you dinner.

Thank you to Catherine Marjoribanks for the final sweep of the ms and for having a sense of humour.

Shout out to Chris Needham and the staff at NON. Thanks for the breathing room.

Thank you for reading this story.