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Sep 2016, 336 pages
Paperback:
Jun 2017, 336 pages
Book Reviewed by:
Gary Presley
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The next day I phoned Claudia to plan Viv's birthday party. I was writing "potato salad" when she suggested we invite Hilary and Diane.
"We're not asking Merrie," I said.
"But this is Viv's party."
Talking about his first wife, Steve once said, "She began every sentence with 'but.' " Even as she urged the invitation, I understood that Claudia shared my reservations about Mercury and his owner. If only I had stood firm, my story would end here.
From the book: Mercury by Margot Livesey. Copyright © 2016 by Margot Livesey. Reprinted courtesy of Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
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