An "intelligently written and thought-provoking" novel of two women, an abandoned baby, a long-ago trauma, and a confrontation with truth ( Cambridge Journal). When they were nineteen, taking a summer journey along the British coast, Olivia and Eve found a newborn baby in a phone box. The trip had been filled with adventures, arguments, and friendship. But that day marked the end of it all. The baby could have drawn them together, but instead, the trauma of its story pushed them dramatically apart. A few days later, Olivia and Eve went their separate ways and never spoke to each other again. Twenty-five years later, their lives have gone in very different directions. But when a mutual friend writes to tell Olivia she's getting married, Olivia knows the moment is coming when she and Eve will have to see each other again—and face the truth of what happened that summer, and what it has done to them . . . "Witty and empathetic." — Country Life Praise for The Things You Do for Love "A wonderful page-turner of a novel." —Fay Weldon, award-winning author of Habits of the House and Big Girls Don't Cry "The very best sort of fiction." —Juliet Nicolson, author of A House Full of Daughters and The Perfect Summer "A richly textured tale of life and love." —Richard Mason, award-winning author of Who Killed Piet Barol? An earlier version of this novel was published in 2011 by Hookline Books as The Partridge and the PelicanChapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Epilogue

Rachel Crowther