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This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.
REUNION BEACH. Copyright © 2021 by Elin Hilderbrand. FOREWORD. Copyright © 2021 by Peter Frank. INTRODUCTION. Copyright © 2021 by Victoria Benton Frank. AFTERWORD. Copyright © 2021 by William Frank. “SUMMER OF ’79.” Copyright © 2020 by Elin Hilderbrand. “POSTCARDS FROM HEAVEN.” Copyright © 2021 by Adriana Trigiani. “BRIDESMAIDS.” Copyright © 2021 by Patti Callahan. “MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION.” Copyright © 2021 by Mary Alice Monroe. “LOWCOUNTRY STEW.” Copyright © 2021 by Cassandra King Conroy. “MAKING OF A FRIENDSHIP.” Copyright © 2021 by Jacqueline Bouvier Lee. “DOTTIE AND ME.” Copyright © 2019 by Mary Norris. “DOTTIE: THE SPARKLING COMET.” Copyright © 2021 by Gervais Hagerty, LLC. “REUNION BEACH,” “RIVER,” “TOWARD THE SEA,” “IN THE DREAM OF THE SEA,” “TANGLED,” “SHEM CREEK,” “BARRIER ISLAND,” “THE SOUND OF YOUR OWN VOICE SINGING.” Copyright © 2021, 2001, 2012, 2007, 2005, 2002, 2003, 2006 by Marjory Wentworth. “SNAILS,” “HOW I GOT TO FRANCE,” “SOUFFLE OMELET WITH FAISES DES BOIS,” “MAJORCAN SNAILS,” “HOW I GOT STARTED.” Copyright © 2020 by Nathalie Dupree. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Cover design by Elsie Lyons
Cover photographs © AleksandarNakic/E+/Getty Images (women); © Chayatorn Laorattanavech/Shutterstock (sky; sparklers)
Title page photo © eric/stock.adobe.com
“Dottie and Me” by Mary Norris was originally published by The New Yorker in 2019 as “My Friend Dorothea Benton Frank” in a slightly different format.
FIRST EDITION
Digital Edition APRIL 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-304895-9
Version 03242021
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-304893-5
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