for Jackie Kay
for Sarah Pickstone
for Sarah Wood
I’m indebted for sources of some of the stories about songs in this book to America’s Songs by Philip Furia and Michael Lasser (Routledge, 2006). I’m also indebted for information used in the first section to Caroline Moorehead’s Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees (Chatto and Windus, 2005).
Thank you, Cherry. Thank you, Lucy.
Thank you, Xandra, and thank you, Becky.
Thank you, Sarah and Laurie.
Thank you, Mary.
Thank you, Kasia.
Thank you, Andrew, and thank you, Tracy, and everybody at Wylie’s.
Thank you, Simon.
Very special thanks to Kate Thomson.
Thank you, Jackie.
Thank you, Sarah.