Photos

Susan and her mother Molly (nee Iwasaki) Aihoshi.

Doubly content—in a bookshop and in Venice.

Drawing and writing with Caydence, using sidewalk chalk.

Reading with Aidan at Nana's house.

Lucy finds a crab while we hunt for oysters in the Pacific northwest.

This photo was taken in Williams Lake, B.C. in 2009 when I interviewed my mother's childhood friend Margaret (right) and her sister Ina for Torn Apart.

Toronto from the air, as seen on a return flight from Vancouver.

Dungeness Spit on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula.

Relaxing under the big tree at our friends' home in Cayuta, New York. Their hammock has been a favourite summer spot of mine for many years.

My husband Roger and I in Steveston, B.C.

Pacey and Caydence with someone who looks a lot like Santa Claus.

I was ecstatic to be able to ride in this 1942 Ford sedan, meticulously restored by Josh Coyle of Charleston, South Carolina.

Signing books for Scholastic at the 2012 OLA Superconference.

All photos copyright Susan Aihoshi except as indicated.