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Автор Мэриан Кейз

This Charming Man

By the Same Author

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This Charming Man MARIAN KEYES

MICHAEL JOSEPH

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MICHAEL JOSEPH

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First published 2008

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For Caitríona Keyes, the funniest person I’ve ever met

Acknowledgements

This book took an embarrassingly long time to write, also my short-term memory isn’t what it was – apparently this is what happens when you’re perimenopausal (not menopausal, I should stress; that’s still decades away, and by the time it happens I’ll be grand again and back winning Mastermind) – so there’s a very good chance that someone may have given me invaluable help at an early stage in the book and that I’ve now completely forgotten. If you are that person, I am truly sorry.