The Waiting Hours
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“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” Jane Taylor, Rhymes for the Nursery, D. Appleton & Co., 1849.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My thanks to all those who guided me to find my characters, allowed me access to worlds that weren’t mine, and challenged my perceptions. All errors are mine alone.
Those who walked me through their worlds: Halifax Regional Integrated Emergency Services (IES): Sandy Gillis, Mickey Zinck, John Webber, Linda, Wendy, Gillian Foran, Donna McNeil. Halifax Regional Police: Sergeant Publicover, Constable Don Jenkins, Constable Raylene Waye, Constable Tara Doiron. Emergency Room Nurses: Donna Haverstock, Jennifer Lightfoot, Jackie Atwood Cody. Halifax Regional Search and Rescue (SAR): Janet Cooper. Agility Trainer, Brenda Juskow. Pianist, Paul Benoit.
Those who helped in big and small ways. Joanne Matheson-Søvik, Sue Goyette and the Bears—Penelope, Kathleen, and Stephanie. Elvera Ross, Grant Curtis, Medric ‘Cous’ Cousineau and his therapy dog, Thai, Ashley Antle, Wendy Coffen, James Fraser, Stephens Gerard Malone, Joëlle Désy, James Nicholson, and Lori Forbes.
Those who held the early pages and asked the hard questions. Thank you for shining your light on the words and for your guidance, patience, and generosity. El Jones, Juanita Peters, Penelope Jackson, Kathleen Martin, Taleb Abidali, Tony Elamyoony, Paul MacLeod, Barb Luxton, and Shauna Hatt.
Those who said yes and held me through the hurricanes and coaxed me towards more—my editor and touchstone Nicole Winstanley, editor Helen Smith, copy editor Shaun Oakey, editorial assistant Alanna McMullen, and all those behind the scenes at Penguin Canada, CookeMcDermid, Cooke International, and my agent and friend Suzanne Brandreth—you held my heart.
The Canada Council for the Arts and Arts Nova Scotia for the time to write when the page was still blank.
The Writers’ Trust Woodcock Fund for giving me time when all seemed lost.
All those who wrote their stories on me.
And Annie dog who tried to teach me.