[Heartlines 01] • Heartlines by McFarlane, Susannah -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About the Book Title Page Contents Dedication Preface Part I: START AND FINISH

The mother The child

Part II: FALSE START

Prelude Waking up Do not disturb Robin’s first letter The letter I dreaded ‘With all good wishes …’ Closing the door

Part III: OPENING LINES

Something stirs Early 2014 Closing and opening Reading between the lines Careful correspondence Watching our words Discombobulated Losing it Déjà vu Love Child? Where has Susannah gone? Rewriting my feelings Something opens

Part IV: CLICK AND CONNECT

Click, click, click Spinning tops, slightly wobbly Susannah’s inner child goes nuts Email exhaustion Out of our heads Hi Robin, I’m Susannah

Part V: RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER

ABBA to the rescue Over-thinking feeling Heed the carousel Round and round the garden Lamb shanks for $12 Derailment Crawling back

Part VI: TAKING REFUGE

Longleaf – 1 Longleaf – 2

Part VII: THE RIPPLE EFFECT

All in together? Clue: having together a mixed garnish (7 letters) Meeting Matilda Timidity My family and my biological friends Balancing the biologicals Throwing the stone into the pool Pressing pause Family reunion

Part VIII: EMOTION SICKNESS

Buffeted by the waves Separation anxiety in the snow Family Christmases Back together – and falling apart? Throwing an Anna in the works Meeting Tim Down the ‘what if’ rabbit hole

Part IX: RUNNING AGROUND

Walking on my sore leg. Part one. Walking on my sore leg. Part two. X marks the spot Crossed wires

Part X: SALVAGE

Searching for stillness Eyes wide open Missing the moment Robin in Brighton Telling Dad Out in the open All in together Over the top Once more with feeling ‘Heart attack’ Return to Gwinganna

Part XI: HOMECOMING

Letting go Holding dear Mother’s Day 2015

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