Catch Me When I Fall (18 page)

 

Patricia Westerhof was born to Dutch Canadian parents, and spent parts of her childhood in Holland and in rural Alberta. Her Dutch roots and memories of these places are the inspiration behind
Catch Me When I Fall
, her first book-length work of fiction. Her short stories have been published in
Room Magazine
,
The Dalhousie Review
, and the anthology
Trees Running Backward
, and she is the co-author of a textbook for creative writing students called
The Writer's Craft
. Patricia lives in Toronto with her husband and two daughters, where she teaches English and creative writing. Please visit
patriciawesterhof.com
.

Copyright © 2011 Patricia Westerhof

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Westerhof, Patricia
Catch me when I fall / Patricia Westerhof.
Short stories.
Print format: ISBN 978-1-897142-51-6
Electronic monograph in PDF format: ISBN 978-1-897142-63-9
Electronic monograph in HTML format: ISBN 978-1-897142-64-6
I. Title.
PS8645.E795C38 2011 C813'.6 C2010-906355-4

Editor: Rhonda Batchelor
Proofreader: Heather Sangster, Strong Finish
Cover design: Ruth Linka
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Author photo: Lorrie Dillard

Permissions information: Epigraph for the book: Diana Brebner, “The Radiant Lady Poems,” p.13, part V, lines 8-9, in The Ishtar Gate, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. Quotation from “Ere Zij God” on page 135 by F.A. Schultz, copyright Faith Alive Christian Resources. Quotation from “Our God Reigns” on pages 55-56 by Leonard E. Smith, Jr., New Jerusalem Music. Quotation on pages 141 and 147 from “The Wedding Banquet” by Miriam Therese Winter, Copyright © Medical Mission Sisters 1965.

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