Lucky
Day
BETH MORREY
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2024
Copyright © Beth Morrey 2024
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Source ISBN: 9780008555269
eBook Edition © June, 2024 ISBN: 9780008555283
Version: 2024-05-24
For Polly, who stopped, and for Tom,
who kept me going.
Finally, I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.
‘I Worried’, Mary Oliver
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Morning
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4
5
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Afternoon
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