TIDAL
FLATS
a novel
by
Cynthia Newberry Martin
Text copyright © 2019 by Cynthia Newberry Martin.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to Coleman Barks for permission to reprint excerpts from The Essential Rumi.
Copyright © 2004 by Coleman Barks.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-7326768-2-4
Manufactured in Canada.
Interior designed by Rose Wright.
Jacket designed by Jack Martin.
This book has been set in Bembo and Akzidenz.
Published by Bonhomie Press
An imprint of Yellow Pear Press, LLC.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Distributed by Publishers Group West.
Author’s Note
This book is a work of fiction. Although the photograph by Steve McCurry of the Afghan refugee commonly referred to as Afghan Girl that appeared most famously on the cover of National Geographic served as inspiration for certain aspects of this novel, in no way are the characters of Ethan and Setara depicted in these pages meant to represent McCurry or his subject, Sharbat Gula. All the characters and events in the novel are entirely the products of my imagination, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is coincidental.
For my mother
Evelyn Mason Newberry (1933–2018)
who shared my love of booksand for my father
Thomas Lee Newberry (1933–2018)
who told me I could do anything I set my mind to
You just missed it.
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