As Far as the Stars. Virginia Macgregor
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VIRGINIA MACGREGOR is the author of What Milo Saw, The Return of Norah Wells, Before I Was Yours, You Found Me and the young adult novel Wishbones. Her fifth novel for adults, The Children’s Secret, will be out in the UK in November 2019. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. After graduating from Oxford University, she worked as a teacher of English and Housemistress in three major British boarding schools. She holds an MA in Creative Writing and now writes full time. Virginia is married to Hugh, who is Director of Theatre at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire. They moved to New Hampshire from the UK in July 2016 and live at St. Paul’s with their two daughters, Tennessee Skye and Somerset Wilder and by the time this novel is published, they will have a new little boy too.
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019
Copyright © Virginia Macgregor 2019
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Ebook Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008217334
PRAISE FOR VIRGINIA MACGREGOR:
‘I defy you not to fall in love’
Clare Mackintosh
‘Warm, wise and insightful’
Good Housekeeping
‘Sharp, funny and hugely moving, this is a must-read’
Fabulous
‘Impossible not to fall in love’
Stylist
‘Touching and poignant’
Cathy Hopkins
‘Might restore your faith in human nature’
Bella
‘Will delight you but break your heart several times over’
The Sun
‘This wonderful story will tear at your heart’
My Weekly
‘Original, poignant and heart-warming’
Sadie Pearse
To my beloved husband, Hugh, who never stops believing in what I do.
Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Contents
DAY 1: SATURDAY 19TH AUGUST, 2017
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
DAY 2: SUNDAY 20TH AUGUST, 2017
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two