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The A–Z of Everything: A gorgeously emotional and uplifting book that will make you laugh and cry
Debbie Johnson
‘Original and thought-provoking’ Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde‘Simply gorgeous’ Sunday Times bestseller Milly JohnsonP is for Paris where it all began. J is for Jealousy where it all came undone. But the most important letter is F. F is for Forgiveness, the hardest of all.Sisters Poppy and Rose used to be as close as two sisters could be, but it’s been over a decade since they last spoke. Until they both receive a call that tells them their mother has gone – without ever having the chance to see her daughters reunited.Andrea, though, wasn’t the kind of woman to let a little thing like death stand in the way of her plans. Knowing her daughters better than they know themselves, she has left behind one very special last gift – the A-Z of Everything.‘Moving and uplifting all at once, I devoured this book about mothers, daughters, sisters and – ultimately – love’ Sunday Times bestseller Jane Costello‘Funny and poignant – a celebration of life and the enduring power of love’ – Carys Bray, bestselling author of A Song for Issy Bradley
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Harper
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First published in Great Britain by Harper 2017
Copyright © Debbie Johnson 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780008150198
Ebook Edition © May 2017 ISBN: 9780008150204
Version: 2018-02-15
Dedication (#ulink_65bd10de-677a-5187-9297-6152e1fa0887)
For my mother – five years gone, and part of me still expects it to be her when the phone rings late at night.
Contents
Cover (#u4f54fb40-3eee-5c3e-b3f8-b9169f713426)
Title Page (#ue0f95b12-24e0-5294-826b-adfb657409df)
Copyright (#u13a28956-7bcf-5be4-a2c8-315e36ccae2b)
Dedication (#uf4e87a4d-891d-5810-93e1-9cfb7b8f5c89)
Part One: The Stage Is Set (#u156d1c16-438f-5323-b827-5f3f63729f53)
Prologue (#u1054129d-1c72-5602-adce-8f1e916c1b96)
Chapter 1 (#u468ee276-dc56-57d2-93d1-d31fd757523f)
Chapter 2 (#u40753600-7823-5674-82eb-858d5acf0cb3)
Chapter 3 (#u8c7c3ac0-f747-58cf-b9bf-f221f91be1d1)
Chapter 4 (#u6e7fe3fc-c181-5a86-842f-8deb7dceda3c)
Chapter 5 (#udc4cf838-840a-5775-b943-85aa8c968106)
Chapter 6 (#u9c761cfc-3822-5b5a-ad60-1928b70b5ac9)
Chapter 7 (#ub6bab0a4-273b-5b1b-a462-69562182e404)
Chapter 8 (#ufcb767f3-d739-5a42-ba12-d6c94a10a8b0)
Chapter 9 (#u6aa05407-07f1-5880-acff-b57bd4f4c836)
Chapter 10 (#uc9a39c24-7dd5-502e-83dd-67022506d38e)
Chapter 11 (#ua8b92742-985e-5913-b59a-d253bbec009c)
Chapter 12 (#u10deff4f-6562-5d0d-a730-ee5c7d1a818f)
Chapter 13 (#uf0d45838-645d-5794-9811-3a522cc453e0)
Chapter 14 (#ue1ae5331-1a4b-51fe-8b17-b6344f03f344)
Chapter 15 (#uc71fbb1f-6a25-54e2-9ee6-bf4039692470)
Chapter 16 (#ue3e36a0e-4b86-5794-ad5b-19d313ff8dad)
Chapter 17 (#ud47dc0a0-b412-5862-8576-df39691d1989)
Chapter 18 (#uf1f0d0b7-08cf-56b1-9507-c6deb89c752a)
Chapter 19 (#uea02543e-c413-5ed5-b859-3b0ed3d5aea1)
Part Two: The Curtain Opens: The A–Z Begins (#u6f2d372f-8d04-506a-840b-ecf4758132ee)
Chapter 20 (#u3fdfa989-79fe-5db4-b44d-07c7d9cdf519)
Chapter 21 (#u24762b86-aa39-567c-a03b-d0a85a5a5932)
Chapter 22 (#ubc482098-3044-5c70-b7c5-dc1abe731ff8)
Chapter 23 (#ub268b794-4989-5f81-afea-6f3d95fc9cf6)
Chapter 24 (#u11b843e9-9764-5de5-a6a4-9e6c0407925c)
Chapter 25 (#u75c186c5-97b4-5b16-a2c4-f8dee3eb41f3)
Chapter 26 (#u91b7311a-53a5-5016-973e-a38794069cbf)
Chapter 27 (#u580d9f59-d15b-5ec8-b5e5-450c18e7d460)
Chapter 28 (#u52d9c263-fa88-5674-83ce-d3d6ca48e06e)
Chapter 29 (#uf003d59d-00e5-5d9e-8f6e-b5db515baffa)
Chapter 30 (#udb4ce070-7b9d-5e00-8e7a-accf2a689b98)
Chapter 31 (#ufbd055a4-be1c-5255-875f-2a6d21f6eaca)
Chapter 32 (#u6b05c0bf-17d8-58a5-a6f1-2389258cf67d)
Chapter 33 (#ucc2fe806-3c9e-5657-91e7-6838a1ac584c)
Chapter 34 (#u45eb70c0-5a6b-58b2-82ab-87c0750b3479)
Chapter 35 (#uffb68f90-0388-5bf7-8138-22f677c75be6)
Chapter 36 (#u44190922-414a-5fb8-8fe1-5aa27c48168c)
Chapter 37 (#u34bd6e9b-72a7-548b-9784-2ddc1646de3c)
Chapter 38 (#uf63f9a58-25e3-52a1-9d8e-512cca7cf741)
Chapter 39 (#u5fec7190-b081-594b-bbd0-fc5e366fb06a)
Chapter 40 (#u34db5d25-6837-5714-a4dd-bc93660942c4)
Chapter 41 (#u67e1d1c3-ef37-5ee4-a3cc-fe3a1357eed9)
Chapter 42 (#uc763fe9f-75f9-5692-9c59-707307757bf0)
Chapter 43 (#ue0fee939-2492-5b78-aa79-3514aae7c9f7)
Chapter 44 (#uf59cb288-58cc-54de-8fc0-b00119a868cd)
Chapter 45 (#u94a194a6-abc6-5df1-a3a9-7d4e94167763)
Chapter 46 (#ubf8948c6-b107-56a1-b79f-7eddd72c578b)
Chapter 47 (#u5e739979-09da-571c-9088-ef386044dce7)
Chapter 48 (#uf3c157a0-f79b-5770-bf05-08e2eba60e6f)
Chapter 49 (#u6b38ff1e-d20e-5d6d-9ad7-59a7bb3c1f3a)
Chapter 50 (#u2f03f535-2a07-5834-a850-42303739290e)
Chapter 51 (#u24f0bd44-e814-5c5f-bfca-e0ffd481822e)
Chapter 52 (#ubbeef9e4-c02e-58f4-a1e3-63ef94bd21b5)
Chapter 53 (#u4a4fec77-5a77-5c75-bb24-e1791d73704a)
Chapter 54 (#u707a9edf-022f-5051-a38a-7b470b12017b)
Chapter 55 (#u5c8c4b3d-e676-51e2-81f5-7f9b4bd10146)
Chapter 56 (#u3726e6fe-67dc-5392-a121-75eb821f7b08)
Chapter 57 (#u95cbdc24-373a-5dac-ac28-004d4b5357ec)
Chapter 58 (#u305a6818-a9bd-5073-936c-13d89dd41fa8)
Chapter 59 (#u2208776d-a46d-56cb-82b2-7b270cb1d159)
Chapter 60 (#ueb8f902d-c696-5238-af8d-ac3e34a32adf)
Chapter 61 (#u29f20320-584c-5e3b-8437-4a3920195016)
Chapter 62 (#u7ef87acc-e81a-505c-b334-2cc6a0b85e30)
Chapter 63 (#u591fe3fe-f123-5fc8-8726-d024c810e0fa)
Chapter 64 (#u9127bbd7-71d7-50bc-89c8-ae1d660a545e)
Chapter 65 (#u567a343d-ebb0-572e-b502-a95f3ad1b572)
Chapter 66 (#uff8747e6-783a-561d-9898-2e4c758c382a)
Chapter 67 (#u5a1a2a48-a115-5384-96fa-b0d2e03dd38f)
Chapter 68 (#u05dc9429-daa8-559f-8756-c90ebe539dd3)
Chapter 69 (#u71e4a7b8-7a3d-5a82-82e8-7a790ce17018)
Chapter 70 (#u6951915c-1dc6-5174-9c9d-90c8164b4f18)
