The Bride's FarewellOn the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees—determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. Then Pell meets a hunter, infuriating, mysterious and cold. Will he help her to find what she seeks? With all the hallmarks of Meg Rosoff’s extraordinary writing, The Bride’s Farewell also breaks new ground for this author, in a nineteenth-century, Hardyesque setting. This is a moving story of love and lost things, with a core of deep, beautiful romance. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 3 |
Section 3 | 7 |
Section 4 | 11 |
Section 5 | 15 |
Section 6 | 20 |
Section 7 | 25 |
Section 8 | 32 |
Section 22 | 105 |
Section 23 | 111 |
Section 24 | 116 |
Section 25 | 122 |
Section 26 | 132 |
Section 27 | 138 |
Section 28 | 142 |
Section 29 | 147 |
Section 9 | 37 |
Section 10 | 43 |
Section 11 | 49 |
Section 12 | 54 |
Section 13 | 58 |
Section 14 | 62 |
Section 15 | 66 |
Section 16 | 75 |
Section 17 | 79 |
Section 18 | 84 |
Section 19 | 88 |
Section 20 | 95 |
Section 21 | 101 |
Section 30 | 154 |
Section 31 | 158 |
Section 32 | 163 |
Section 33 | 169 |
Section 34 | 174 |
Section 35 | 180 |
Section 36 | 190 |
Section 37 | 195 |
Section 38 | 199 |
Section 39 | 206 |
Section 40 | 211 |
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