Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain by One More Chapter 2019

      Copyright © Caroline Roberts 2019

      Cover design by Holly MacDonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2019

      Cover illustrations © Hannah George/Meiklejohn

      Caroline Roberts asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008327675

      Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008327682

      Version: 2019-10-16

       Dedication

       For Mum and Dad

       Epigraph

       Winter is the time for comfort,

       For good food and warmth,

       For the touch of a friendly hand

       And for a talk beside the fire:

       It is the time for home.

      Edith Sitwell