Alex Lake

The Choice


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      THE CHOICE

      Alex Lake

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

      Copyright © Alex Lake 2020

      Cover design by Claire Ward © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2020

      Cover photograph © Magdalena Russocka / Trevillion Images

      Alex Lake asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      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: 9780008373542

      Ebook Edition © August 2020 ISBN: 9780008373566

      Version: 2021-03-16

       Dedication

       To my three

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Part One

      Part Two

       Late July 2004

       September 2004, Birmingham University

       Saturday, 7 March 2020, 8.30 p.m.

       Birmingham, October 2004

       Saturday, 7 March 2020, 10.00 p.m.

       Birmingham, November 2004

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 4 a.m.

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 6.03 a.m.

       Birmingham, December 2006

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 6.15 a.m.

       Grappenhall Library, 2009

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 6.45 a.m.

       Chester, 2011

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 2 p.m.

       Summer 2012

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 4.55 p.m.

       Summer 2012

       Late Summer 2012: Wedding Day

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 5.31 p.m.

       2013 Christening

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 5.35 p.m.

       2013: Christening Party

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 5.41 p.m.

       2014

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 5.44 p.m.

      Part Three

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 5.50 p.m.

       Sunday, 8 March 2020, 6.40 p.m.

       Monday, 9 March 2020, 8 a.m.

       Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 7 a.m.

       Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 6 p.m.

       Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 8 a.m.

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      Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Also by Alex Lake

      About the Publisher

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