Anne Blochin
of Macmillan
replied to EW
's submission after one month. She wrote that in some of the stories EW
had a novel half-cooked, and added: If you cannot make something out of...
Publishing
Ethel Wilson
The book was produced in England but copies shipped to Canada bore a Canadian imprint.
Stouck, David. Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography. University of Toronto Press, 2003.
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Publication was delayed for some time. Upon first receiving the manuscript in early 1945, EW
's editors at Macmillan
