by Wayne Grady
Acknowledgments
Many people helped to make this book a reality. I would like to thank my agent, Martha Webb; my editors at Doubleday, Kiara Kent and Melanie Tutino, for their sensitive and insightful guidance; Shaun Oakey for his encouraging words; and Zoe Maslow and Shona Cook for their continuing friendship and enthusiasm.
I wish to thank the Canada Council and the Campbell River Museum for sponsoring my writer-in-residency at Haig Brown House. While I was there, Jeanette Taylor introduced me to Quadra and Cortes islands, which became the setting for the last two chapters of this novel. I am deeply grateful to Jeanette, and also to Marnie Andrews, owner of Marnie’s Books on Cortes Island.
Kaye-Lee Pantony, a Kingston psychotherapist, suggested the “unsent letter” that Daphne writes to herself; I am indebted to her for the idea.
I also want to thank my amazing daughters, Morgan and Claire, who continue to show me the many shapes a father’s love can take. And, as always, my gratitude to Merilyn for everything.
© Gerry Kingsley
WAYNE GRADY is the award-winning author of more than a dozen works of nonfiction and is also one of Canada’s top literary translators. He is the author of two previous novels, Up From Freedom and Emancipation Day, a national bestseller that won the 2013 Amazon.ca First Novel Award and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Grady lives in Kingston, Ontario, with his wife, novelist and creative nonfiction writer Merilyn Simonds.
www.waynegrady.ca