Acknowledgements And Thanks
With thanks and love to the following for their help and support (even unknowingly):
Mum and first Beta-Readers of Tom's Burden/Tom’s Tale Tim and Pamela, especially Critters Robert Harpold, Joel Roosa Joy Landa, Tom Adams for suggestions and help with the with first chapters. Lucinda Preston, and readers Shantal and Sharon.for a full beta.
Sam Taylor for a second, enthusiastic beta-reading.
Vida Li Sik for a much-needed pair of eyes on the this manuscript.
Sampan for adventures (and museum tramping) in Xi'an, being a springboard for ideas, and her amazing belief in my writing.
Jen for ditto in Yulin, Shenmu and Ordos.
MM and other friends and colleagues for adventures in Yulin, Ordos and Xi’an.
Ms Feng and staff for enabling a happy writer’s life in Yu
