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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-one
  25. Chapter Twenty-two
  26. Chapter Twenty-three
  27. Chapter Twenty-four
  28. Chapter Twenty-five
  29. Chapter Twenty-six
  30. Chapter Twenty-seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-one
  35. Chapter Thirty-two
  36. Chapter Thirty-three
  37. Chapter Thirty-four
  38. Chapter Thirty-five
  39. Chapter Thirty-six
  40. Chapter Thirty-seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-nine
  43. Chapter Forty
  44. Chapter Forty-one
  45. Chapter Forty-two
  46. Epilogue
  47. Extract from Those Faraday Girls
  48. Acknowledgements
  49. About the Author
  50. Also by Monica McInerney

She hadn’t seen them since her time in Edinburgh, but they spoke often. Olivia was enjoying her retirement now the Montgomery was sold. She was a doting grandmother to Rory and Milly’s baby son, Eddie. They lived around the corner from her new apartment. Olivia told Eliza she sometimes brought Eddie in to visit Edgar. Maxie was still in New York, still doing her UK TV series work via voiceovers. Eliza had asked Maxie about her playwriting. She had told her that it was on hold for the time being. Mostly, she was enjoying being married to Hazel.

Eliza occasionally asked about Celine, but apart from the photo she’d sent, there’d been no more contact. It was as if she’d disappeared into thin air. ‘Thank God,’ Olivia said. ‘And God help the people of France.’

Olivia sounded so much more relaxed these days. She even spoke warmly about Alex. He had asked her if she would help him choose art to display on the hostel walls. She was enjoying discovering lots of new contemporary Scottish artists, she’d told Eliza. She even joked that it was just as well Edgar couldn’t see what she was buying on Alex’s behalf. He’d be disgusted, she said.

Both of Eliza’s godmothers had claimed credit for her relationship with Lawrence. Maxie insisted it wouldn’t have happened if she hadn’t proposed to Hazel. Olivia said she was the one who’d convinced Eliza to come to Edinburgh. Eliza told them she thanked them both equally, every day. Not only for bringing Lawrence into her life. For so much else.

The first of the passengers from the long-haul flight began to appear.

She remembered leaving this airport a year ago. How different her life was then. Before she’d learned all there was to know about her mother. Before her godmothers told her the truth.

She saw him the moment he came through the doors. He caught sight of her at the same time.

They were both smiling as she walked across the hall into his open arms.

Extract from Those Faraday Girls

CONTINUE READING FOR AN EXTRACT FROM THOSE FARADAY GIRLS

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1979

The day the Faraday family started to fall apart began normally enough.