Satalyte Publishing first released this work in Australia in 2016. Thanks to Stephen Ormsby, Marieke Ormsby and the rest of the team for all their work and support.
The second edition was through the amazing people from Book View Café. Special thanks to Judith Tarr, Vonda N. McIntyre, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Chaz Brenchley, Deborah Ross and Marissa Doyle.
This novel was written very companionably over quite a long period of time. My family helped ensure the background was realistic, talking and walking me through things ranging from floor layouts for various houses to the cemeteries in Ballarat. My cousin Anna and my mother Sonya were especially wonderful, with my stepfather Les, my sister Suzie and her daughters Miriam and Johanna giving a hand. Eliya Cohen helped me understand pre-teen
