Rachel's Hope (25 page)

About the Author

SHELLY SANDERS was born in Toronto, Ontario, moved to Illinois when she was eight, and came back to Canada for high school. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with an Honors degree in English, from Ryerson University with a graduate degree in Journalism, and from the University of Toronto's Creative Writing Certificate Program. Before turning to fiction, Shelly worked as a journalist for twenty years, with articles in many of Canada's major publications including
Maclean's, Reader's Digest, Canadian Living
, the
Toronto Star, National Post,
and
Today's Parent
.

The Rachel Trilogy was inspired by her grandmother's escape from Russia. She traveled to Shanghai, where people of all races and faiths were accepted without papers in the 1900s. Shelly received a substantial grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to research and write
Rachel's Hope.

Shelly lives in Toronto with her husband, three children, two dogs, and two lizards. Visit her online at
www.shellysanders.com
.

Copyright

Dedication: For Steve, who has given me the indispensable gift of time to write.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Sanders, Shelly, 1964-, author

Rachel's hope / Shelly Sanders.

(The Rachel trilogy ; book 3)

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-927583-42-5 (pbk.).—ISBN 978-1-927583-43-2 (epub)

I. Title. II. Series: Sanders, Shelly, 1964- . Rachel trilogy ; bk. 3.

PS8637.A5389R325 2014 jC813'.6 C2014-903823-2

C2014-903824-0

Copyright © 2014 Shelly Sanders

Editor: Sarah Swartz

Line Editor: Kathryn Cole

Design: Melissa Kaita

Cover photos © iStockphoto

Printed and bound in Canada

Second Story Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund.

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