3. Cheers Theme Song (“Where Everybody Knows Your Name”), Gary Portnoy
4. “Hit the Road Jack,” Ray Charles
5. “California Dreamin’,” The Mamas & The Papas
6. “Stand by Me,” Ben E. King
7. “People Are Strange,” The Doors
8. “Heart of Gold,” Neil Young
9. “Come as You Are,” Nirvana
10. “Mustang Sally,” Muddy Waters
11. “In the Ghetto,” Elvis
12. “Folsom Prison Blues,” Johnny Cash
13. “I’ve Been Everywhere,” Johnny Cash
14. “Six Days on the Road,” Dave Dudley
15. “Black or White,” Michael Jackson
16. “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” R.E.M.
17. “Been Caught Stealing,” Jane’s Addiction
18. “Whiter Shade of Pale,” Procol Harum
19. “Boys Don’t Cry,” The Cure
20. “Ain’t No Sunshine,” Bill Withers
21. “Bird on a Wire,” Kate Wolf
22. “I’ll Fly Away,” Hank Williams
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THANK YOU:
John Little for being my favourite dad; Jennifer Little for medical and preemie baby info, sending Niagara Falls postcards and tourist info, and being my mom; Ben Burgis for tips on what eleven-year-old boys would/would not say/do; Trevor Hagerman for trucking info; Mary Little for sending Niagara Falls photos; Ron Twigg for help with fact checking; Tamsin Pukonen; Timothy Goldman for sending his video footage of the L.A. Riots; Alfred Lomas and L.A. Gang Tours for showing me Compton, Watts, and South Central L.A.; Jane Doe for graciously agreeing to let me interview her about escorting; Kevin Chong and Joyland for publishing “Niagara Motel” (the story); the University of British Columbia Okanagan and the BC Arts Council for financial support during the research and creation of this novel; Anne Fleming, my first reader and a true believer in Tucker’s world; Nancy Holmes, Matt Rader, for feedback and guidance; Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society and Loft 112 for hosting me in Calgary as 2014 Writer in Residence; Terri Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch, and Valerie Scott for fighting the good fight; Willy Vlautin; my agent, Hilary McMahon; my publisher, Brian Lam; my editor, Susan Safyan, and the whole team at Arsenal; special thank you to Warren Sookocheff, without whom there would be no Gina.
Photo credit: Vancouver Public Library
ASHLEY LITTLE’s Anatomy of a Girl Gang won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes), was shortlisted for the Vancouver Book Award and longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and has been translated into Croatian and Italian. Her young adult novel The New Normal (Orca Book Publishers) won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Ashley’s first novel, Prick: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist (Tightrope Books) was a finalist for a ReLit award and has been optioned for film. She has an MFA from the University of British Columbia. She lives in the Okanagan Valley.
ashleylittle.com
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