by Nancy Mauro
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book came to be with the help of several gifted people and many safe harbors: My agent, Jamie Brenner, at Artists & Artisans for her sharp pencil and unflagging enthusiasm. My editor, Sarah Knight, at Shaye Areheart Books for her perfect pitch and craftsmanship. The long hours and tireless reads by the talented Annabel Lyon. An excellent suggestion by Tony Swofford which helped sway the course of this story. The space and confidence given to me by the MFA program at the University of British Columbia, and there, in particular, Andreas Schroeder. The Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, both of which helped this book to flourish. And most of all, my family. Your enthusiasm and embrace is with me always.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nancy Mauro lives in New York City. She has worked as a creative director and copywriter in both Canada and the United States and is a recent fellow and graduate of the prestigious MFA program at the University of British Columbia. Nancy’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in several literary magazines, newspapers, and anthologies, and her work has been recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts. She is at work on her second novel.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2009 by Nancy Mauro
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Shaye Areheart Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Shaye Areheart Books with colophon is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request.
eISBN: 978-0-307-46143-8
The author wishes to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Art Council.
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