I believe our snow is one of our biggest exports to your part of the world. Just doing what we can, after all you probably don't need the maple syrup :-)

When I got The Summer Country I had to go through amazon and it was clear they were really bringing it in from the states. At the moment, of course, I have no cash for things like books (thank heavens for libraries). At some point in the future, hopefully not too distant, that should change, at which time I'll let you know - then we can figure out which method of my obtaining it brings you the most profit. No point in having published authors of good books as friends if you can't help them out a little.