For My Daughters

Title Page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Foreword My last glimpse of him was as forbidden as all…......Page 7
One The news wasn’t good. Caroline St. Clair read the verdict…......Page 11
Two The last thing Annette St. Clair could ever be accused…......Page 24
Three Leah St. Clair lived in fashionable Woodley Park. On any…......Page 35
Four Caroline was hoping that engine trouble might force a cancellation…......Page 49
Five Leah took a long, deep breath that carried with it…......Page 62
Six Leah sat straighter in the lounge chair. “What are you…......Page 78
Seven Wendell Coombs shuffled across the porch of the general store…......Page 93
Eight Caroline’s body was operating on Chicago time, which meant that…......Page 97
Nine Annette was talking on the telephone, covering her free ear,…......Page 112
Ten Midnight found Leah sitting out on the bluff, wrapped in…......Page 126
Eleven Wendell Coombs ambled across the porch of the general store…......Page 135
Twelve Annette was up early, ready to leave the house and…......Page 139
Thirteen I’ve never liked goodbyes, not since that summer in Maine…......Page 157
Fourteen Caroline wasn’t herself.......Page 163
Fifteen Wendell reached the porch of the general store earlier than…......Page 183
Sixteen Caroline was sure she had heard wrong. Calmly holding the…......Page 187
Seventeen Leah was beyond the point of caring if her sisters…......Page 202
Eighteen Will loved this spot. He told me so on the…......Page 208
Nineteen Annette held three pieces of paper in her hand. One…......Page 228
Twenty Jean-Paul,” Annette breathed in response to his groggy hello. She…......Page 245
Twenty-One Though the funeral was set for midday Monday, the townsfolk…......Page 263
Twenty-Two Wendell Coombs was scowling as he lowered himself onto the…......Page 280
Afterword Straightening my shoulders, I close my eyes and breathe deeply…......Page 285
About the Author......Page 291
Praise and Acclaim......Page 292
Books by Barbara Delinsky......Page 294
Credits......Page 296
Copyright......Page 297
Cover......Page 1
About the Publisher......Page 298