ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author would like to thank: the National Varuna Writer’s House and their passionate staff; Varuna mentor, author Stephen Measday; manuscript assessor Catherine Bateson; Anna Rosner Blay, managing editor and Louis de Vries, publisher; editor Matthew Cooke; David Abouav for his belief in my work and his kindness; friends and proofreaders Larraine Hall, Neil Brennen and Gloria Hankin Milsom; Transplant Australia Sport and Games manager, Julie Edwards; Victor and Hayley West, for their endless encouragement; Geoffrey Glover and Bo Cooke, for their valuable office space when needed; my son, Adam West, for suggesting the title of the novel, and my faithful office companions, our dogs, Madison and Willow, who forfeited countless walks during the writing of the novel.

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