Vivienne Small gives a whoop of joy and leaps up onto the railing of her verandah, spreading her wings against the shimmering sea. A breeze comes skittering over the water and in a moment it will reach her, rush into her wings and fill them like sails. Her nose will catch the scent of adventure, and in that moment something new begins.
THE END
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AS EVER, WE THANK OUR CHILDREN for their superb contributions to our writing universe. Xanthe’s courage and loyalty, Isabelle’s wisdom and witty turn of phrase, Finn and Fritha’s spiritedness, and Byron’s unerring instinct for story have been invaluable once again. And then there’s Alex, who makes growing up look easy.
We thank Eve Anderson, Sophie Anderson, Ellen Donegan, Oscar Ebert and Scarlett Pollard for reading our manuscript and making helpful, hilarious and unforgettable notes in the margins.
The rousing verse spoken by Miranda Templeton on page 294 is taken from an 18th century ballad, ‘The Song of Braddock’s Men’.
Our gratitude goes to Adam Russell, Billy Badger and Rafael Manzanilla for their help in translating the titles of Serendipity’s books. And we thank the Allen & Unwin team for their support and commitment in the creation of this book.
We would also like to acknowledge the dogs at Kingston Beach for inspiration, and all our young readers who have shared their passion for the world of Tuesday McGillycuddy with us on school visits and in emails. We treasure you!
To our friends and family, thank you once again for encouraging, tolerating, feeding and supporting us. And a special thank you to our parents Jenny, Peter, Dawn and Kevin who shared with us from early life the fun and wonder of language. It’s an invaluable gift.
And to our husbands, John and Rowan, thank you for being there with us on the long journey from The Beginning to The End.
Angelica Banks is not one writer but two. Heather Rose and Danielle Wood are the authors of award-winning books for adults, and when they decided to pair up to write children’s books, they chose a pen name to make things easy. Heather and Danielle live on either side of the Derwent River on the island of Tasmania and between them have six children (including a set of twins), one cat, one kelpie, two lop-eared rabbits, an ever-increasing herd of guinea pigs, three fat rats, a shed-full of chickens and many thousands of honey bees.
A Week Without Tuesday is the second book in the Tuesday McGillycuddy adventure series. Danielle and Heather ate blueberry chocolate and a witch’s broomstick while writing this book. They hope you have as much fun reading A Week Without Tuesday as they did writing it for you.
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