by Jane Green
“To family,” they echo, Maggie and Sylvie both wiping a tear from their own eyes as one by one everyone raises their glasses to their lips.
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Second Chance
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About the Author
JANE GREEN is the author of thirteen bestselling novels. Originally from London, she now lives in Westport, Connecticut, with her husband, children, and a menagerie of animals. Visit www.facebook.com/authorjanegreen.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
FAMILY PICTURES. Copyright © 2013 by Jane Green. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design by Olga Grlic
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Green, Jane, 1968–
Family pictures / Jane Green.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-59183-0 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-02595-1 (e-book)
1. Middle-aged women—Fiction. 2. Empty nesters—Fiction. 3. Family secrets—Fiction. 4. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PR6057.R3443F36 2013
823'.914—dc23
2012042121
ISBN 978-0-312-59183-0 (hardcover)
e-ISBN 9781250025951
First Edition: March 2013