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First published in Great Britain by Harper 2015
Copyright © Paullina Simons 2015
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Source ISBN: 9780007441631
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Version: 2015-05-06
Tully
“You’ll never look at life in the same way again. Pick up this book and prepare to have your emotions wrung so completely you’ll be sobbing your heart out one minute and laughing through your tears the next. Read it and weep—literally.” Company
Red Leaves
“Simons handles her characters and setting with skill, slowly peeling away deceptions to reveal denial, cowardice and chilling indifference … an engrossing story.” Publishers Weekly
Eleven Hours
“Eleven Hours is a harrowing, hair-raising story that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.” Janet Evanovich
The Bronze Horseman
“A love story both tender and fierce.” Publishers Weekly
Tatiana and Alexander
“This has everything a romance glutton could wish for: a bold, talented and dashing hero [and] a heart-stopping love affair that nourishes its two protagonists even when they are separated and lost.” Daily Mail
The Girl in Times Square
“Part mystery, part romance, part family drama … in other words, the perfect book.” Daily Mail
The Summer Garden
“If you’re looking for a historical epic to immerse yourself in, then this is the book for you.” Closer
Road to Paradise
“One of our most exciting writers … Paullina Simons presents the perfect mix of page-turning plot and characters.” Woman and Home
A Song in the Daylight
“Simons shows the frailties of families and of human nature, and demonstrates that there’s so much more to life, such as honesty and loyalty.” Good Reading
Bellagrand
“Another epic saga from Simons, full of the emotion and heartache of the original trilogy. Summer reading at its finest.” Canberra Times
To Natasha, my first resplendent light
There will be time to murder and create,
And time for all the works and days of hands
That lift and drop a question on your plate;
Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions.
T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Contents
Copyright
Praise for Paullina Simons
Dedication
Epigraph
Part One: Chloe and Mason and Hannah and Blake
Chapter 1: Insanity’s Horse
Chapter 2: Sweet Potato
Chapter 3: The Perils of College Interviews
Chapter 4: Paleo Flood at Red River
Chapter 5: The Irish Inquisition
Chapter 6: Mottos
Chapter 7: Olivia the Dancing Pig
Chapter 8: Empty Wells and Vernal Pools
Chapter 9: Red Vineyard
Chapter 10: Lupe
Chapter 11: Moody
Chapter 12: Peacocks
Chapter 13: Uncle Kenny from Kilkenny
Chapter 14: The Meaning of Typos
Chapter 15: She Will Be Loved
Part Two: Johnny Rainbow