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Dedication

For my great friend, Weldon Costelloe. With love and thanks.

‘Only when the tide goes out, do you discover who’s been swimming naked.’

Warren Buffet

‘They say that when you ask God for your heart’s desire, he’ll give you one of three possible answers. The first is yes. The second is, not yet. And the third is, I have something far, far better in mind.

Answer three is kind of where this story starts …’

Jessie Woods

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