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They Came While We Were Sleeping Margaret Elisabeth woke to a sound she couldn’t quite place—a faint

A Stranger, Yet Closest of All “Eleanor Whitman, you can’t be serious! This is absurd!”

They came while we were sleeping. Margaret woke up to a sound she couldn’t quite place at first.

Laughter Through Hurt Margaret Williams set a bowl of beef stew in front of her granddaughter and sat

Love Through Hatred Margaret Whitmore stood by her window, watching her neighbor Eleanor Fairchild hang

Emily checked her reflection in the hallway mirror, smoothing her hair before giving herself a final

I gave birth to my husband’s mistress’s child without knowing, and now they want to get rid of me to

On the corner of High Street in York, there’s a mannequin in the window of a clothing shop.

The phone rang at exactly seven in the morning, just as Lydia had stepped into the kitchen to put the

**Seven Reasons to Leave** “Enough! I’ve had it!” Valerie flung the dishcloth into