ANNIE GROVES
The Heart of the Family
This novel is 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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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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Source ISBN: 9780007265909
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2012 ISBN: 9780007322695 Version: 2016-12-15
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Contents
Wednesday 7 May 1941
It had just gone midnight. Conversation between the occupants of Jean Campion’s comfortable and homely kitchen slowed and stuttered, then died.
Jean’s