Walking into the Ocean (46 page)

Copyright © David Whellams, 2012

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Whellams, David, 1948-

Walking into the ocean / David Whellams.

ISBN
978-1-77041-042-8 (
BOUND
); 978-1-77041-103-6 (
PBK
)

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)

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. Title.

PS8645.H45W35 2012 C813'.6 C2011-906946-6

Cover images: man with umbrella © Steve Hamblin/Corbis; blue stain © Panupong Roopyai/iStockphoto

Cover and text design: Tania Craan

Author photo by Jennifer Barnes JB Photography

The publication of
Walking into the Ocean
has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada, and by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities, and the contribution of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit. The marketing of this book was made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation.