The Runaway Woman. Josephine Cox
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
Copyright © Josephine Cox 2014
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Cover photographs © Mark Owen/Arcangel Images (woman); Mohamad Itani/Trevillion Images (house); Leszek Paradowski/Trevillion Images (path); Shutterstock.com (border)
Josephine Cox asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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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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Source ISBN: 9780007419937
Ebook Edition © February 2014 ISBN: 9780007419944
Version: 2020-10-08
This story is for every woman of every age who finds herself lost, lonely and afraid.
Remember – the sun often shines after the rain has gone.
For my Ken – as always.
Contents
Part Three: Lucy’s Brave New World
Part Five: Sometimes Dreams do Come True