DEDICATION
For Annie who has made life’s journey a magical experience and to Rick and Shaney, who have added to the wonder.
‘We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. However, we are devastated to say that if we were to publish your story, it would be impossible for us to publish any work of lower standard. And as it is unthinkable that in the next thousand years we shall see its equal, we are, to our unfortunate regret, compelled to return your divine composition and beg you a thousand times to overlook our short-sightedness.’
Rejection letter from a Chinese publisher