I would like to thank the Canada Council and the Saskatchewan Arts Board for their generous financial assistance during the writing of Homesick.
I would also like to express my thanks to my editor Ellen Seligman for her careful and thoughtful labours.
Portions of this novel have previously appeared in the following: a slightly altered version of Chapter 1 was read on CBC Radio’s “Speaking Volumes” and “Aircraft”; Chapter 3 previously appeared in Books in Canada.