The Story of Beautiful Girl Read online

  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

  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

  Reading Group Guide Copyright © 2012 by Hachette Book Group

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  ISBN 978-1-609-41870-0