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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Note to Readers
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: LOVE AND LOSS
When East Meets West
A Ringless Marriage
A Dress for the (Middle) Ages
A Chance Encounter of a Shocking Kind
A Long Engagement
Addicted to Love?
A Marriage Worth Waiting For
PART TWO: EQUIPPED FOR LIFE
The Car That’s Bulletproof
For Your Eyes Only
Running Up That Hill
PART THREE: PETS’ CORNER
A Monkey Is for Life – Not Just for Christmas
Finding Shangri-La
Making It Pig in Hollywood
PART FOUR: ARTICLES OF WAR
Married to the Past
‘Grow Wheat – The Crop That Pays’
Zen and the Art of Phone Box Maintenance
Engineering a Step Back in Time
The Weight of History
PART FIVE: SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Rekindling a One in a Million Chance
Remains of a Detached Day
Giving a Doll’s House a Home
PART SIX: COLLECTORS
‘We Are Collectors ... and We Will Die as Collectors’
Signing the Past Away
PART SEVEN: LOST CAUSES?
Being Frank
Building a Bigger Shrine
PART EIGHT: THIS MORTAL COIL
Meeting a Man About a Hearse
Plotting a Way Out of Grief
PART NINE: SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Nursing Hidden Desires
Cut-Price Counselling
The Homeless Hotel
Making Study Pay
Acknowledgements
About the Publisher
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