ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This is a work of fiction and I have taken certain liberties with dates of political events and with the year of publication of Matt Cohen’s The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone, which in reality first appeared in 1979.

I would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council, and to thank the universities of Alberta and Prince Edward Island for their support during my stay as writer-in-residence.

With thanks to Patricia Sanders, Armin Wiebe, Lynn Schellenberg, and, especially, Ellen Seligman.