Storytime: Martha 1973
A Change as Big as a Book: Lynnie 1973
A-Tisket, a-Tasket: Kate 1974
The Day of the Red Feather: Homan 1974
Part III: Seeking
The Parade: Lynnie 1980
Second Chances: Martha 1983
Show Me Your Sign: Homan 1988
Confession: Kate 1993
Speaking for Herself: Lynnie 1993
Dust: Homan 1995
The Second Kind of Hope: Lynnie 2000
Into the Light: Kate 2001
Part IV: Safe
Dreams of Home: Beautiful Girls 2011
Author’s Note and Acknowledgments
Reading Group Guide
Discussion Questions
Q&A with Rachel Simon—Spoiler Alert!
Also by Rachel Simon
Praise for Rachel Simon and The Story of Beautiful Girl
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2011 by Rachel Simon
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