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“You’re Still My Mother” “Mum, did you ever want to be an artist too?” Emily sat at the kitchen table

“I hate him! He’s not my father! He can just clear off. We’ll manage without him,”

Emily couldn’t take it anymore. She couldn’t understand why James had become so distant—had he fallen

“Are you sure beetroot won’t harm the baby?” asked Mother-in-law, stirring the stew. “

**Diary Entry** The city felt unnaturally still that day—no rustling leaves, no birdsong—as if the world

Six months ago, my mother-in-law moved in with us. She’s got her own house and is perfectly capable of

The first time Lucy saw a lighthouse was in a book when she was five. In the picture, it stood tall and

The House at the Edge of the Fens Emily stood in the middle of the overgrown garden, waist-deep in thistles

**A Cursed Love** *”What happens now?”* Olesya asked anxiously, more to herself than to her

THE UNEXPECTED JOY In the halls of Oxford’s faculty, none of her colleagues knew—nor would they believe—that