Authors: Marcia Willett
The Courtyard (39 page)
âAnd?' asked Nell at last.
Gussie shook her head a little and smiled at her serenely.
âLike you,' she said, âI wouldn't change a single thing.'
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A Week in Winter
A Summer in the Country
The Children's Hour
The Birdcage
First friends
A friend of the Family
Echoes of the Dance
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.
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THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin's Press.
THE COURTYARD. Copyright © 1995 by Marcia Willett. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-312-30668-7
ISBN-10: 0-312-30668-7
ISBN-10: 0-312-30668-7
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eISBN 9781429992725
First eBook Edition : April 2011
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Willett, Marcia.
The courtyard / Marcia Willett.â1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
1. Real estate developmentâEnglandâFiction. 2. RecessionsâFiction. 3. NeighborsâFiction. 4. Female friendshipâFiction. 5. Nineteen eightiesâFiction. 6. EnglandâFiction. I. Title.
PR6073.I4235C68 2007
823'.914âdc22
200702145
First published in Great Britain by Headline Book Publishing, a division of Hodder Headline PLC
First U.S. Edition: October 2007
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