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Chapters (60)

Title Page
Copyright Page
Praise
Dedication
BOOK ONE
Prologue 1989
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
BOOK TWO - 1925
Chapter Ten - 1925
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
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
BOOK THREE - 1947
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
Chapter Thirty-eight
Chapter Thirty-nine
Chapter Forty
BOOK FOUR - 1968
Chapter Forty-one - 1968
Chapter Forty-two
Chapter Forty-three
Chapter Forty-four
Chapter Forty-five
Chapter Forty-six
Chapter Forty-seven
Chapter Forty-eight
Chapter Forty-nine
Chapter Fifty - 1970
EPILOGUE

She swept Henry’s children into her sweet-smelling embrace and said, ‘Next year, we’ll all go away together. I thought we might get a big house out in the country and have a holiday there.’ She saw them all smiling around her, none of them wanting to say what they were really thinking. So Briony, being Briony, said it for them:

‘I know what you’re all thinking - that I might not be here next year. The thought had crossed my mind. But let’s look at it like this.’ She paused, eyes bright. ‘There’s a fifty-fifty chance I’ll be dead...’ She paused again and looked around her, at her family, at her blood, and then she said craftily: ‘But there’s also a fifty-fifty chance I just could still be here, alive and kicking!’

‘You will be, Bri, God willing.’ Tommy’s face came down on hers and he kissed her gently on her lips .

‘Me and you, Tommy Lane, we seem to go on and on!’

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