Chapters (73)
- Cover
- Dedication
- PART ONE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- PART TWO
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- PART THREE
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- PART FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- FORTY-SEVEN
- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- FIFTY
- FIFTY-ONE
- FIFTY-TWO
- FIFTY-THREE
- PART FIVE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- FIFTY-FIVE
- FIFTY-SIX
- FIFTY-SEVEN
- FIFTY-EIGHT
- FIFTY-NINE
- SIXTY
- SIXTY-ONE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Keep Reading …
- About the Author
- Also by Barbara Taylor Bradford
- About the Publisher
‘I have. Where’s Laura? I want you both to come and see it. It’s only a few minutes away on Town Street.’
‘After the concert Laura went to the church to help the priest’s housekeeper for an hour. Something about a charity affair.’
‘Will you come with me? Now?’
‘Wild horses wouldn’t keep me away.’
Emma and Blackie stood outside the shops. ‘It’s this one,’ Emma told him. ‘With the whitewashed window. The third in the row.’
He looked at her, filled with pride that she had accomplished what she had set out to do a year ago. She was miraculous in a certain special way. There was no one like her. She was a winner.
‘Congratulations, Emma. I’m as thrilled as ye are. Well done, mavourneen.’
‘Thank you. It’s getting dark. Let’s go home,’ Emma said. ‘And thank you many times over, Blackie. You’ve been so loyal to me, never faltered.’
He merely smiled, and she put her arm through his affectionately.
As they walked up Town Street neither of them knew then that they had embarked on a journey that would lead them to more success than they had ever dreamed possible. Or that their friendship would be so enduring it would last a lifetime.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A writer’s occupation is solitary by necessity. But once the manuscript is finished, other people become involved. All of them help to get the manuscript ready for publication. I would like to thank those who do this job so well for me.
In New York my editor is Jennifer Enderlin, who is President and Publisher of St. Martin’s Press. Despite all of her responsibilities, Jen finds the time to work with me on the books. Thanks to her and also her team: Brant Janeway, Marketing Director; Tracey Guest, Publicity Director; and Elizabeth Curione, Production Editor.
In London, my editor is Lynne Drew, Publisher. Lynne has a great sense of drama and character, and I appreciate her suggestions and ideas; thanks also to Lucy Stewart, Editorial Assistant, and Penelope Isaac, my copyeditor.
My team at HarperCollins also includes Kate Elton, Managing Director; Roger Cazalet, Associate Publisher, and Lucy Vanderbilt, Group Rights Director. I thank them all. Elizabeth Dawson, PR Director, deserves many thanks from me for her promotion and publicity endeavours once the book goes on sale. And for always keeping me laughing on the road.
I am grateful to Charlie Redmayne, CEO of HarperCollins UK, for his enthusiasm, encouragement and continuing support for my novels.