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by Rosemary Friedman


  He started counting. Fifty-three, fifty-one, forty-nine, forty-seven… They watched him from behind the curtains, wondering where he had been all summer long.

  Dr Adler’s roses were almost finished. No one had dead-headed them. Some were atrophied, like fossils.

  He pushed open the door which was in need of paint.

  The girl with the rimless glasses walked by as if he did not exist.

  About the Author

  Rosemary Friedman has published 21 novels – which have been widely translated and serialised by the BBC – three works of non-fiction and two children’s books. Her short stories have been syndicated worldwide and she has judged many literary prizes. She has written and commissioned screenplays and television scripts in the UK and the US. Her stage plays Home Truths, Change of Heart and An Eligible Man toured major UK venues following their London premières. She lives in London with her husband, psychiatrist and author Dennis Friedman.

  BY THE SAME AUTHOR

  ALSO ON EBOOK BY ARCADIA BOOKS

  THE COMMONPLACE DAY

  AN ELIGIBLE MAN

  THE FRATERNITY

  THE GENERAL PRACTICE

  GOLDEN BOY

  INTENSIVE CARE

  THE LONG HOT SUMMER

  LOVE ON MY LIST

  A LOVING MISTRESS

  NO WHITE COAT

  PATIENTS OF A SAINT

  PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

  PROOFS OF AFFECTION

  ROSE OF JERICHO

  A SECOND WIFE

  TO LIVE IN PEACE

  VINTAGE

  WE ALL FALL DOWN

  Copyright

  Arcadia Books Ltd

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  First published in 2001 by House of Stratus

  This Ebook edition published by Arcadia Books 2013

  Copyright © Rosemary Friedman 1977, 2001, 2013

  Rosemary Friedman has asserted her moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

  All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publishers.

  A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN 978-1-910050-09-5

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