by Shani Mootoo
Thank you to Sarah MacLachlan, to everyone at House of Anansi Press, to book designer Ingrid Paulson, and to my agent, Maria Massie. Words are paltry to try to express the depth of my gratitude for my publisher and editor Lynn Henry, who, to understate it, always “gets it.”
With every good reason and no need for explanation, I would like to express very special thanks to Sarah Declerck.
Any resemblance of characters in this novel to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
About the Author
SHANI MOOTOO was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. She has lived in Canada since the early 1980s. Her acclaimed first novel, Cereus Blooms at Night, was published worldwide and was a finalist for the Giller Prize, among other awards. Her second novel, He Drown She in the Sea, was on the longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Mootoo is also an accomplished visual artist. She has lived in Vancouver and Edmonton, and now lives in Toronto.
About the Publisher
House of Anansi Press was founded in 1967 with a mandate to publish Canadian-authored books, a mandate that continues to this day even as the list has branched out to include internationally acclaimed thinkers and writers. The press immediately gained attention for significant titles by notable writers such as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, George Grant, and Northrop Frye. Since then, Anansi’s commitment to finding, publishing and promoting challenging, excellent writing has won it tremendous acclaim and solid staying power. Today Anansi is Canada’s pre-eminent independent press, and home to nationally and internationally bestselling and acclaimed authors such as Gil Adamson, Margaret Atwood, Ken Babstock, Peter Behrens, Rawi Hage, Misha Glenny, Jim Harrison, A. L. Kennedy, Pasha Malla, Lisa Moore, A. F. Moritz, Eric Siblin, Karen Solie, and Ronald Wright. Anansi is also proud to publish the award-winning nonfiction series The CBC Massey Lectures. In 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Anansi was honoured by the Canadian Booksellers Association as “Publisher of the Year.”
