Copyright © 2015 Sheila O’Flanagan

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First published as an Ebook by Headline Publishing Group in 2015

All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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eISBN: 978 1 4722 3102 4

Author Photograph © Laurie Fletcher

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

About the Book

About Sheila O’Flanagan

Also by

Praise for Sheila O’Flanagan

It’s Not How You Imagine It – A Writer’s Life

Single Supplement: A Short Story

My Favourite Books

A Q&A With Sheila O’Flanagan

Family Parties – And How To Survive Them

A Sneak Preview of Sheila’s New Novel