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Olive

Emma Gannon
Contents ( 47)
  1. OLIVE
  2. Emma Gannon
  3. Copyright
  4. Praise for Olive
  5. Prologue
  6. Part One
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. 5
  12. 6
  13. 7
  14. 8
  15. 9
  16. 10
  17. 11
  18. Part Two
  19. 12
  20. 13
  21. 14
  22. 15
  23. 16
  24. 17
  25. 18
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  27. 20
  28. 21
  29. 22
  30. 23
  31. 24
  32. 25
  33. 26
  34. 27
  35. Part Three
  36. 28
  37. 29
  38. 30
  39. 31
  40. 32
  41. 33
  42. 34
  43. 35
  44. Epilogue
  45. Acknowledgements
  46. About the Author
  47. About the Publisher
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OLIVE

Emma Gannon

Harper Collins Publishers Logo

Copyright

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

Copyright © Emma Gannon 2020

Lines from Love After Love by Derek Walcott,
from The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013
reproduced by permission from Faber and Faber Ltd

Cover design by Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2021

Cover illustration: Marina Podrez/Shutterstock.com

Emma Gannon asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

Source ISBN: 9780008382728

Ebook Edition © July 2020 ISBN: 9780008382711

Version: 2021-05-10

Praise for Olive

‘This tale of four young women trying to sort out the dilemmas of motherhood […] will bring relief and recognition to many. It’s a lovely book – thoughtful, searching, funny and (most importantly) honest’

ELIZABETH GILBERT

‘Funny in parts, painful in others, thoughtful throughout, it explores many dilemmas, with characters who feel utterly real’

SOPHIE KINSELLA

‘A profound issue wrapped inside an accessible, highly engaging novel … It’s wonderful’

MARIAN KEYES

‘Honest, relatable and incredibly real, Olive is going to resonate with an entire generation of young women’

LOUISE O’NEILL

‘Fresh, funny and utterly distinctive, and so loving and insightful about friendships and the way we grow and change within them’

EMMA JANE UNSWORTH

‘Emma Gannon’s novel raises important questions about women’s lives – important themes explored by a true champion of women’

NINA STIBBE

‘An unflinchingly honest and thoughtful piece of fiction … In Gannon’s capable hands, women are not so much divided along their disparate lines – but united’

PANDORA SYKES

‘Olive is a delicate, heart-breaking and delicious story that will bring a pang of delightful recognition to every woman who reads it’

SCARLETT CURTIS

‘Incredibly warm and loveable, you won’t be able to put Olive down’

Bustle

‘Olive’s story is big and bright and beautiful and holds up a much-needed mirror to society. I can’t recommend it enough’

LUCY VINE

‘I loved Olive. How I wish she had been around when I was thirty to reassure me there was more than one way to live a life’

SAM BAKER

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