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First published by HarperElement 2016
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© Cathy Glass 2016
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Version: 2016-08-03
Contents
Chapter One: Hope for the Future?
Chapter Two: Faye and Snuggles
Chapter Eight: Don’t Want to Hurt Them
Chapter Nine: Innocent Remarks
Chapter Twelve: ‘Good Enough’ Parenting
Chapter Thirteen: A Sense of Occasion
Chapter Sixteen: Teaching Faye
Chapter Seventeen: An ‘Off Day’
Chapter Eighteen: Excited and Concerned
Chapter Twenty: Second Thoughts
Chapter Twenty-One: An Impossible Decision
Chapter Twenty-Two: Saying Goodbye
Chapter Twenty-Three: A Revelation
Chapter Twenty-Four: A Loving Legacy
Suggested topics for reading-group discussion
A big thank you to my family; my editors, Carolyn and Holly; my literary agent, Andrew; my UK publishers HarperCollins,