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Source ISBN: 9780008341985
Ebook Edition © September 2019 ISBN: 9780008353735
Version: 2019-06-03
Contents
1 Cover
2 Title Page
3 Copyright
4 Contents
5 Chapter Twenty: Beyond Belief
6 Chapter Twenty-One: No Contact
7 Chapter Twenty-Two: Love the Children
8 Chapter Twenty-Three: Disclosure
9 Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wonder of Christmas
10 Chapter Twenty-Five: Aneta
11 Chapter Twenty-Six: Permanent?
12 Chapter Twenty-Seven: Judge’s Decision
13 Chapter Twenty-Eight: Saying Goodbye
14 Afterword
15 Suggested topics for reading-group discussion
16 Cathy Glass
17 If you loved this book …
19 Praise for Cathy Glass
20 About the Publisher
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Chapter Twenty
It took a moment for what Tess had told me to sink in. ‘Aneta has been making her children sick?’ I said numbly. ‘But how? They’ve been ill here too.’
‘That’s one of the reasons we didn’t make the connection. When Filip came to see me, he brought
