An excerpt of this novel originally appeared in the March/April 2004 issue of Alberta Views magazine.

Many thanks to Aritha van Herk and the students from her manuscript class of 2001. The entire writing community here in Calgary has looked after me for years, so thanks, everybody – filling Station and dANDelion magazines, Jackie Flanagan and Alberta Views, and everyone who read and was interested right from the start: Nicole Kajander, Tasya Moritz, Derek McEwen, Grant and Lee, Julia Williams, Craig Boyko, Romana Prokopiw. Most importantly, I couldn’t have accomplished anything without the support of Jennifer Tamura and my family.

Thank you to Chad Saunders for eating so many stupid things as a child, and to Silas Kauffman for the recipe.

Finally, thank you to Alana Wilcox for understanding everything so clearly and completely right from the start, and to everyone else at Coach House for the tremendous support.