Summer With My Sister (50 page)
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25ml olive oil
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1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
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1 tbsp olive oil
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12 drops eucalyptus essential oil
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Summer With My Sister
Lucy Diamond lives in Bath with her husband and their three children.
Summer with My Sister
is her sixth novel.
When she isn’t slaving away on a new book (ahem) you can find her on Twitter @SueMongredien (her real name).
By the same author
Any Way You Want Me
Over You
Hens Reunited
Sweet Temptation
The Beach Café
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Nicky Adams and Simon Trewin, who helped with ideas for this novel at its earliest stages; to Kate Harrison for friendship, feedback and words of wisdom; and to Victoria Walker for letting me talk through plot problems along the way. Thanks also to Martin and Andy Powell for their long conversation about what cars my characters should have. (Sorry I couldn’t squeeze in a Jensen Interceptor – another time!)
I couldn’t be more grateful for the fabulous and insightful editorial feedback provided by my editor, Jenny Geras, and my agent, Lizzy Kremer. Thank you. You have both made this book infinitely better than it started out. I’d also like to thank the rest of the team at Pan Macmillan – in particular Chloe Healy, Ellen Wood and Michelle Kirk for all their hard work, as well as for being the loveliest people to drink cocktails with. What more could an author want?
Thank you to Hannah, Tom and Holly (the coolest children ever); to my parents, who have befriended every bookseller in the Midlands on my behalf; and to Phil, Saba, Ellie, Ian and Fiona, for spreading the word and always being so supportive. And I couldn’t write these books without my husband Martin’s pep talks, plot brainstorming sessions and all-round cheerleading. Thank you so much.
Finally, a massive thank you to everyone who’s bought one of my books and taken the time to email or write to me about it; I appreciate it so much. I hope you enjoy this one.
First published 2012 by Pan Books
This electronic edition published 2012 by Pan Books
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Copyright © Lucy Diamond 2012
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Epilogue
Lucy Diamond’s Summer Cocktails
