When I Had a Little Sister: The Story of a Farming Family Who Never Spoke. Catherine Simpson. Читать онлайн. Newlib. NEWLIB.NET

Автор: Catherine Simpson
Издательство: HarperCollins
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Жанр произведения: Биографии и Мемуары
Год издания: 0
isbn: 9780008301651
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       Copyright

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2019

      Copyright © Catherine Simpson 2019

      Family tree © Martin Brown

      Catherine Simpson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780008301637

      Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008301651

      Version: 2018-12-21

       Dedication

      For

      Cello

      Nina & Lara

      Mum, Dad

      Elizabeth & Tricia

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Family Tree

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

       Family Tree

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      New House Farm, the Simpson family home since 1925

       Chapter One

      Saturday 7th December 2013, late afternoon

      I peer into the bathroom and from here the room looks like a tableau with the main character removed. On the wooden floor is a striped mug half-full of cold coffee. I move closer and see the milk cold and pale,