The Charm Bracelet (36 page)
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Authors: Viola Shipman
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Contents
Prologue: The Half-Heart Charm
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin's Press.
THE CHARM BRACELET.
Copyright © 2016 by Viola Shipman. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Illustrations by Cameron MacLeod Jones
Jacket design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein and Michael Storrings
Jacket photographs: lake and sky © Jaakko Paarvala/Getty Images; girls on pier © Philip and Karen Smith/Getty Images; hot-air balloon © Hurst Photo/Shutterstock; texture © Andrey_Kuzmin/Shutterstock
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE PRINT EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Names: Shipman, Viola, author.
Title: The charm bracelet: a novel / Viola Shipman.
Description: First edition. | New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015042048 | ISBN 9781250071323 (hardback) | ISBN 9781250101921 (international edition) | ISBN 9781466882485 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Mothers and daughtersâFiction. | Grandparent and childâFiction. | Life change eventsâFiction. | Domestic fiction. | Chicago (Ill.)âFiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Contemporary Women. | FICTION / Family Life.
Classification: LCC PS3619.H5788 C53 2016 | DDC 813/.6âdc23
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http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042048
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First Edition: March 2016