Alone in the Classroom (32 page)

Grateful love to my husband, Mark Fried, who is my first reader and a fine editor. Special thanks to my agents
Bella Pomer and Jackie Kaiser. Ongoing thanks to my publicist, Ashley Dunn. Thanks as well to Leah Ringwald and Kendra Ward, and to Shaun Oakey for his keen editorial eye. Deep and abiding gratitude to my indispensable editor and publisher, Ellen Seligman, for once again seeing what I miss and knowing what is needed.

Some small parts of this book appeared in slightly different form in
The New Quarterly
and
Canadian Geographic
. My thanks to their editors.

Finally, sincere thanks to two excellent libraries, Library and Archives Canada, and the Ottawa Public Library, including its Ottawa Room. Without them I would be a lost soul.