A FRIEND CALLED ALFIE
Rachel Wells
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
Copyright © Rachel Wells 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008354602
Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008354619
Version: 2019-09-12
For Jessica.
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Catstrology
Acknowledgements
Keep Reading …
About the Author
Also by Rachel Wells
About the Publisher
There was something about the Devon air, which felt so different from Edgar Road, where we lived most of the time in London. As the sea breeze whipped through my fur; it soothed and chilled me at the same time. It had been a very stressful time lately, and for my kitten George – who would probably argue that he was no longer a kitten but a proper cat – so we were enjoying a well-deserved holiday and a much-needed change of scene.
We were on a two week holiday