NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”

First published under the title Forgotten Laughter in Great Britain

by HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING

A division of Hodder Headline

 

 

 

 

A SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY

 

Copyright © 2002 by Marcia Willett.

Excerpt from The Children’s Hour copyright © 2003 by Marcia Willett Limited.

 

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

 

ISBN: 0-312-99715-9

 

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St. Martin’s Press hardcover edition / April 2003

St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition / June 2004

 

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