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The author, Stef Penney, suffered from agoraphobia while writing this book. Although it is set in Canada, she never traveled there during the writing. She did all of her research in the libraries of Edinburgh and London.

"Maria looks at him with those appraising eyes--like a farmer assessing a horse for broken wind. She'll never find a husband if she looks at all men like that, he thinks, irritated."