Acknowledgments

AuthorConstance Backhouse
Pages9-11
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Ihavetheirownidiosyncraticpreferencesforseing
I prefer to write while looking through a window. I roll my computer right
uptothebestwindowIcanndandroottheresurroundedbyboxesand
books This book has been w rien in front of many wonderful windows
ItbeganinPerthWesternAustraliainfromalibrarywindowinan
artistscoagethatlookedoutonoweringhedgessurroundedbyraucous
birdsItmovedintoawindowinOawawhichlookedontoanup
per wooden balcony with squirrels, crows, and pine cones, facing south
overthebeautifulRideauRiverIttookavemonthsojourninMontréalin
whereitlookedoutfromagarretaboveathreestoriedmetalstairrail
ingFortherstfewmonthslayersoffrostandiceimpededallviewWith
spring, the window magically opened to the bu stle of St. Urbain St reet in the
ethnicmosaicofthePlateaubelowInthewritingprojectmovedforsix
months to the medieval town of Lunel in the south of France. There I looked
downfromthecenturiesoldstonebalconyofaformerécurie, onto a private
courtyardwithtoweringlaurelandbambootreesMygazewouldwander
to the fountain with a gargoyle frequented by white doves. Each window has
added its distinctive cachet to the migrating m ixture that became this book.
Many people have also contributed enormously to this book. First and
foremost, the creative and brilliant research assistants whose work has
helped to unearth much of the detail sur rounding these cases: Monda Halp
ernKristenClarkPascalHugoPlourdeMarieJoséeBlaisIsabelleLeBreux
AlkaTandenBelindaPeresRosemaryMorrisseeRozykRaquelChisholm
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