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- Amosha is a fictional place, derived from the towns of Arusha and Moshi, in the Kilimanjaro region.

- Josephine Montati's name is inspired by a woman who started a non-profit organization to help children from crisis zones get custom prostheses for missing limbs.

- The illegal rubber duck race in the Cotswolds is not fiction.

- John Lazaro is named after two albino contract killers in Tanzania.

- Scholastica is the name of one of the children in Dr. Nasmo's notes from the albino orphanage.

- Aristurtle is the name I gave my little brother's tortoise when we were kids. My brother kept losing him and we would tiptoe around the apartment until he was found.

Ultimately, this book is a work of fiction. I have sought to entertain and inform through the filter of my experiences, imagination, encounters, and research. It is not my aim to depict or represent any given event or situation.

Last but not least, my thanks to the flame of mad magic that burns in us all, and that connects us in wonderful, unknown ways.

With love,

Leylah



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