First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Carcanet Alliance House, 30 Cross Street Manchester m2 7aq www.carcanet.co.uk Text and illustrations copyright © Isobel Williams 2021 The right of  Isobel Williams to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; all rights reserved. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. isbn 978 1 80017 074 2 Cover image: ‘Denisse, Whiterabbit and Udo’ © Isobel Williams Book design by Andrew Latimer Printed in Great Britain by SRP Ltd, Exeter, Devon

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