Pedigree Mum. Fiona Gibson

      FIONA GIBSON

       Pedigree Mum

      Copyright

      Avon

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2013

      Copyright © Fiona Gibson 2013

      Fiona Gibson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      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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      Source ISBN: 9781847562616

      Ebook Edition © February 2013 ISBN: 9780007478439

      Version: 2014-12-09

      Dedication

      For the delectable Miss Wendy Rigg

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Part One: Arrival

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two: Four months later

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine: One week later

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen: Jack’s, three weeks later

       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

       Part Two: Settling in

       Chapter Twenty-Five: December 1, the first snowfall

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

       Chapter Twenty-Eight

       Chapter Twenty-Nine

       Chapter Thirty

       Chapter Thirty-One

       Chapter Thirty-Two

       Chapter Thirty-Three

       Chapter Thirty-Four

       Chapter Thirty-Five

       Chapter Thirty-Six

       Chapter Thirty-Seven

       Chapter Thirty-Eight

       Chapter Thirty-Nine

       Chapter Forty