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ANNE BENNETT
A Sister’s Promise
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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007
Copyright © Anne Bennett 2007
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Source ISBN: 9780007226023
Ebook Edition © June 2008 ISBN: 9780007279678
Version: 2017-09-08
To my eldest grandson, Kynan Wilkes, with all my love
CONTENTS
‘Molly, they will come no quicker with you running to the window every five minutes,’ Stan Maguire told his granddaughter.
‘I know, but I can’t help it,’ Molly said, turning so quickly her dark brown plaits slapped either side of her face. Her large brown eyes were sparkling. ‘Dad has been left for flipping ages and I’m dying to see Mom.’
‘Well, think what it’s like for young Kevin,’ Stan said. ‘Must be a sight worse for him, and your flitting about does him no good at all.’
Molly immediately felt contrite because she knew her grandfather had a point. Her mother, Nuala, had been in hospital for nine terrifying