Nicole Ebert answered all my medical questions (although any mistakes are mine, of course!), and Carl Hofbauer lent me his film lore and lingo. Leanne Lafrance and Gord Bradley solved my life’s crises while I wrote, and Arlene Fidel and Liliana Villalpando kept my children alive—thank you for being my village.
Finally, I am blessed and spoiled by the support of two fabulous groups of women. The Inkslingers (Rachelle Delaney, Kallie George, Christy Goerzen, Maryn Quarless, and Lori Sherritt-Fleming) is the best critique group on earth. Every time we meet, I feel honored to be in such company. And the Dirty Girls Running Group Which Doesn’t Actually Run (Alex Bayne, Heidi De Lazzer, Jacqui Thomas, Joanna Clark, Shanda Jordan, Krystal Beley, and Rebecca Porte) keeps my world spinning on dark days and bright ones.
Thank you!
TANYA LLOYD KYI grew up in the small Canadian mountain town of Creston, British Columbia, and dreamed constantly of escape. Until, of course, she moved to the city and began dreaming of summer in the mountains. To support her word addiction, she’s worked as a dishwasher, waitress, newspaper reporter, fitness instructor, propaganda writer, and graphic designer. Tanya now writes full-time and lives with her husband and two children in Vancouver. Visit her at TanyaLloydKyi.com.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kyi, Tanya Lloyd, 1973–
Anywhere but here / Tanya Lloyd Kyi. — First Simon Pulse edition.
p. cm.
Summary: Ever since his mom died, Cole feels stuck. He just wants to graduate and leave his small, suffocating town. And everything is going according to plan—until Cole discovers the one secret that could keep him there . . . forever.
[1. Coming of age—Fiction. 2. Grief—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 4. Documentary films—Production and direction—Fiction. 5. Single-parent families—Fiction. 6. Canada—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.K9795Any 2013 [Fic]—dc23 2012051439
ISBN 978-1-4424-8070-4 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4424-8069-8 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4424-8071-1 (eBook)
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