Tesseract, Edmonton, AB, 2001, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 1-895836-75-1.  Trade soft cover, 232 pages.  Very good; very light edge and cover wear, tiny rear corner bends; tight binding.  Inscribed to prior owner by author on dedication page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  Author’s debut novel.  ‘… blends the gritty reality of Toronto’s studio district with a medieval tropical paradise shaped by the union of sea turtles and humans.  A struggling artist, possessed by a derelict friend’s grief and the legacy of a whiskey-swilling Great Lakes mariner, forges a gateway to her dreams.’ (from rear wrap)