Can I Let You Go?. Cathy Glass

      

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      © Cathy Glass 2016

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      Source ISBN: 9780008153748

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Acknowledgements

       Dedication

       Chapter One: Hope for the Future?

       Chapter Two: Faye and Snuggles

       Chapter Three: Not Stupid

       Chapter Four: In Denial

       Chapter Five: Best Outcome

       Chapter Six: Vulnerable

       Chapter Seven: Compromise

       Chapter Eight: Don’t Want to Hurt Them

       Chapter Nine: Innocent Remarks

       Chapter Ten: Change of Heart

       Chapter Eleven: Anniversary

       Chapter Twelve: ‘Good Enough’ Parenting

       Chapter Thirteen: A Sense of Occasion

       Chapter Fourteen: Unethical

       Chapter Fifteen: Optimistic

       Chapter Sixteen: Teaching Faye

       Chapter Seventeen: An ‘Off Day’

       Chapter Eighteen: Excited and Concerned

       Chapter Nineteen: Baby Edward

       Chapter Twenty: Second Thoughts

       Chapter Twenty-One: An Impossible Decision

       Chapter Twenty-Two: Saying Goodbye

       Chapter Twenty-Three: A Revelation

       Chapter Twenty-Four: A Loving Legacy

       Epilogue

       Suggested topics for reading-group discussion

       Cathy Glass

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Acknowledgements

      A big thank you to my family; my editors, Carolyn and Holly; my literary agent, Andrew; my UK publishers HarperCollins,