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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
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  42. Acknowledgments
  43. More from Freya Kennedy
  44. About the Author
  45. About Boldwood Books

First and foremost, huge thanks to all at Team Boldwood, who worked tirelessly and with enthusiasm during the more trying of times in an ever-changing world.

Thank you to my talented editor Caroline Ridding, along with Nia Beynon and Amanda Ridout.

Thanks also to Jade Craddock, a fantastic copy editor who brought little shots of sunshine to this book.

Thanks to all my fellow Boldwood authors, and to everyone who supported The Hopes & Dreams of Libby Quinn so enthusiastically, including reviewers, bloggers and booksellers. I am forever indebted.

This book was written during what could easily be described as the ‘worst of times’ – as a global pandemic hit, along with a period of personal ill health and the loss of my beloved grandad. Many times it was a wonderful distraction from stress and reminded me that good things can happen and that good people exist.

At other times, it was a struggle to work and without the support of my family and friends, particularly my writer friends, this book may not have been written.

Thanks and love in particular to Fionnuala Kearney, Anna McPartlin, Louise Beech and the inimitable John Marrs. Thanks also to Jane Fallon who took the time to read and endorse ‘Libby Quinn’. I’m a huge fan of Jane’s books and that was a real ‘pinch me’ moment!

Thank you as always to my cheerleading agent, Ger Nichol, who always seems to know the exact right thing to say.

Thank you to my family, especially my children who tolerated my squirrelling away to write during lockdown.

Most of all, thank you to everyone who has read and enjoyed the adventures on Ivy Lane.

Harry owes you all a cup of (not fancy) coffee and some out of date biscuits.

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The Hopes and Dreams of Libby Quinn

Prologue

Twenty-six years ago

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Libby who travelled to a hundred different worlds and lived a thousand different lives just by opening the pages of a book and discovering the magic in the pages.

‘There’s no greater gift that you can give someone than a love of reading,’ her grandad, Ernie, had told her.

She blinked up at him as she sat on his lap, the wool of his much loved and worse for wear cardigan scratchy against her bare arms.