波莉在美國密西根州的卡拉馬祖市長大，八歲時即開始寫作，履次投稿均獲得編輯的讚賞。十八歲時前往多倫多的加拿大舞蹈學院（Canadian College of Dance）及紐約市的瑪莎葛蘭姆當代舞蹈中心（Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance）就讀，之後短暫居住於蒙特婁市，最後定居於卑詩省，與丈夫、兩個女兒、一隻狗及一匹馬快樂地生活在一起。
Chapter 1 My Parents Are Lost at Sea
Chapter 2 I Move to Uncle Jack’s
Chapter 3 The Dead Whalers
Chapter 4 I Am Almost Incarcerated
Chapter 5 Lena’s Boiled Potatoes
Chapter 6 What Miss Bowzer Knew
Chapter 7 I Lose All My Sweaters
Chapter 8 I Lose a Toe
Chapter 9 Uncle Jack’s Idea
Chapter 10 I Set Fire to a Guinea Pig
Chapter 11 Dinner at The Girl on the Red Swing
Chapter 12 I Lose Another Digit
Chapter 13 Fire!
Chapter 14 Miss Perfidy Leaves
Chapter 15 Everybody Goes Home
