She pulls herself up to her full height, tilts her chin a bit higher and starts toward them.
Acknowledgments
Enormous thanks to people who helped along the way: search angel Marilyn Waugh, Deborah Jiang-Stein, Gail Konop Baker, Danielle Younge-Ullman, Barbara Annino, Evan McIntosh, Marlon Hershkop, Joseph Hershkop, Bruce Urquhart, Johnny Pigeau, Karen Elliott, Dean Andrews, Keith Cronin, Joanne Levy, Judy Merrill Moticka, and John MacDonald.
As always, to my literary agent, Daniel Lazar, and my film agent, Kassie Evashevski. At Writers House, Victoria Doherty-Munro and Maja Nikolic. At UTA, Johnny Pariseau. My brilliant editor at HarperCollins Canada, Jennifer Lambert. Also at HarperCollins Canada, Melissa Zilberberg, Leo MacDonald, Cory Beatty, Kaitlyn Vincent, Vikki Vansickle, Noelle Zitzer, and Allyson Latta.
Most of all, best of all, Max and Lucas.
About the Author
TISH COHEN is the author of both YA and adult novels, including The Truth About Delilah Blue, Inside Out Girl, and Town House. The last two works have been optioned for film.
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PRAISE FOR The Search Angel
“In The Search Angel, Tish Cohen explores how the things one desires most are often linked inextricably to our pasts. Eleanor Sweet’s story is told with compassion, humour, and intelligence—all the ingredients you look for in the best of books.”
CATHERINE MCKENZIE, author of Hidden
“Beautifully written and populated with achingly real characters, The Search Angel strikes a delicate balance between incisive humour and the sadness and joy that are the inevitable by-products of love.”
SUSAN JUBY, author of The Woefield Poultry Collective
“The Search Angel is a page-turner. I could not put it down, and those are the only clichés you will read with regards to this book. A funny, sad, touching, and original story that shouldn’t be missed.”
COLIN MOCHRIE, actor and comedian
“Filled with exquisite phrasing and quirky characters, The Search Angel is an impossible-to-put-down novel about finding a family on the way to finding yourself. Tish Cohen writes like an angel!”
ALSO BY TISH COHEN
FOR ADULTS
Town House
Inside Out Girl
The Truth About Delilah Blue
FOR CHILDREN
The Invisible Rules of the Zoë Lama
The One and Only Zoë Lama
Little Black Lies
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The Search Angel
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