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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
Copyright © Sophie Jenkins 2018
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Source ISBN: 9780008281809
Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008281816
Version: 2019-02-26
To Paul and Joe, Elaine, Pat, William and George,
for humour, happiness, tolerance and joy;
and for Rowena, with love
Table of Contents
Chapter Two: Heroic Attributes
Chapter Four: Catalysts for Change
Chapter Eight: Words, Words, Words
Chapter Eleven: The Science of Attraction
Chapter Twelve: Defining Stories
Chapter Thirteen: The Way Forward
Chapter Fourteen: A Source of Inspiration
Chapter Seventeen: Antagonists
Chapter Nineteen: The Shape of the Hole in the Hero’s World
Chapter Twenty: Return of the Antagonist
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Wrong Turning
Chapter Twenty-Three: Conflict
Chapter Twenty-Four: Consequences
Chapter Twenty-Five: Departures and Reunions