TRISHA ASHLEY
Creature Comforts
Avon
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2015
Copyright © Trisha Ashley 2015
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Source ISBN: 9781847562791
Ebook Edition © February 2015 ISBN: 9780007580446
Version: 2018-04-10
For my dear friends and fellow authors, Mary de Laszlo and Norma Curtis, with love.
Contents
Prologue: Halfhidden, West Lancashire, 1993
Chapter 1: All Fools’ Day, 2012