Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Dedication I would like to thank my husband Earl Phillips for his constant support and love, my Mother Pat Inglis, for without her, I would not have finished this work, and my daughter Georgia, for she is the reason for why I do anything. I would also like to thank Sunshine, my wonderful Greyhound who never let me forget to stop and smell the roses and Maggie the cat who sat with me at the

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... uter and tried to help. I would like to make special acknowledgement to Dr. Stephen Kent, for being a constant source o f encouragement (and sometimes grief), generous with research materials and having a tough love approach (which did in deed make me a better writer).