Summer at the Lakeside Cabin. Catherine Ferguson

      

      Summer Under the Stars

      CATHERINE FERGUSON

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      Copyright © Catherine Ferguson 2019

      Cover design © Diane Meacham

      Cover illustration © Shutterstock

      Catherine Ferguson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it 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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      Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008302504

      Version: 2019-04-11

      For Matthew. You make me so proud.

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

       Chapter Twenty-Eight

       Chapter Twenty-Nine

       Chapter Thirty

       Acknowledgements

       Keep Reading …

       About the Author

       By the Same Author

       About the Publisher

       CHAPTER ONE

      It’s the third Saturday in May and I’ve booked to take Mum to the theatre for her birthday.

      Her all-time favourite musical is running for two weeks.

       Oklahoma!

      I remember being over the moon when I realised it coincided with Mum’s special day. It seemed significant somehow. I booked the tickets straight away – the best seats available.

      I’m imagining her swaying in time to ‘Oh What a Beautiful Morning’, a delighted smile dimpling her face and lighting up her brown eyes. She’s going to have the best birthday ever.

      There’s only one problem … I can’t for the life of me remember where I put the tickets.

      Recent events have muddled my brain like never before, so I suppose it’s not surprising my mind has gone temporarily blank. But I’m certain I put them