Reader, I Married Him. Tracy Chevalier

      

      

       Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

      In the compilation and introductory material © Tracy Chevalier 2016

      My Mother’s Wedding © Tessa Hadley 2016

      Luxury Hour © Sarah Hall 2016

      Grace Poole Her Testimony © Helen Dunmore 2016

      Dangerous Dog © Kirsty Gunn 2016

      To Hold © Joanna Briscoe 2016

      It’s a Man’s Life, Ladies © Jane Gardam 2016

      Since First I Saw Your Face © Emma Donoghue 2016

      Reader, I Married Him © Susan Hill 2016

      The Mirror © Francine Prose 2016

      A Migrating Bird © Elif Șafak 2016

      Behind the Mountain © Evie Wyld 2016

      The China from Buenos Aires © Patricia Park 2016

      Reader, She Married Me © Salley Vickers 2016

      Dorset Gap © Tracy Chevalier 2016

      Party Girl © Nadifa Mohamed 2016

      Transference © Esther Freud 2016

      The Mash-Up © Linda Grant 2016

      The Self-Seeding Sycamore © Lionel Shriver 2016

      The Orphan Exchange © Audrey Niffenegger 2016

      Double Men © Namwali Serpell 2016

      Robinson Crusoe at the Waterpark © Elizabeth McCracken 2016

      The moral rights of the authors have been asserted

      Cover design by Heike Schüssler © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017

      Cover photograph © Dan Saelinger/Trunk Archive

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, 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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      Source ISBN: 9780008150600

      Ebook Edition © November 2016 ISBN: 9780008150594

      Version: 2016-12-14

       Dedication

      For Charlotte, of course

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword by Tracy Chevalier

My Mother’s Wedding – Tessa Hadley

Luxury Hour – Sarah Hall

Grace Poole Her Testimony – Helen Dunmore

Dangerous Dog – Kirsty Gunn

To Hold – Joanna Briscoe

       It’s a Man’s Life, Ladies – Jane Gardam

       Since First I Saw Your Face – Emma Donoghue

       Reader, I Married Him – Susan Hill

       The Mirror – Francine Prose

       A Migrating Bird – Elif Shafak

       Behind the Mountain – Evie Wyld

       The China from Buenos Aires – Patricia Park

       Reader, She Married Me – Salley Vickers

       Dorset Gap – Tracy Chevalier

       Party Girl – Nadifa Mohamed

       Transference – Esther Freud

       The Mash-Up – Linda Grant

       The Self-Seeding Sycamore – Lionel Shriver

       The Orphan Exchange – Audrey Niffenegger

       Double Men – Namwali Serpell

       Robinson