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By David Szalay
That year they do Christmas in Du
Could broken-hearted Maddie really go on holiday alone?
CATHY grunted as she struggled to open a jar of marmalade. Standing tall and athletic, amidst boxes piled high on the scarred wooden table in her new farmhouse kitchen, she inhaled the scents of woods
RUNNER-UP
THAT summer, for the first time, Gabriella had invested in a season membership of the Lido Club and it had been worth every cent. Not only had it given her access to one of the fenced-off sections of
ELLA stood in the church porch, chatting nervously to the other bridesmaid. They were waiting for Julia, the mother of the bride. Ella had glanced inside the church when she first arrived to check whe
I’m fine, Aunt Lena. Honestly, you don’t need to worry,” Jada said, putting Ella’s bottle down on the coffee table before lifting the three-month-old onto her shoulder, where a muslin square was alrea