Winner - Cunard First Book Award - Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia (2001), Winner - Governor General's Awar
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Table of contents :
THE ACCIDENTAL INDIES
A DEPARTURE
THE NURSEMAID'S TALE
WHO KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT?
WISHFUL THINKING
WHY SAILORS CAN BELIEVE ANYTHING
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
THE ACCIDENTAL INDIES
TRANSLATION
THE RETURN
THE THRESHOLD
THE LETTER
THE PARADE!
THE SOUVENIRS
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS