Whatever Happened to Mary Janeway?

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Mary Pettit. Whatever Happened to Mary Janeway?

Cover

Dedication

Table of Contents

Epigraph

Acknowledgements

Background on Mary Janeway

From Mary Janeway: The Legacy of a Home Child

Prologue

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-One

Twenty-Two

Twenty-Three

Twenty-Four

Twenty-Five

Twenty-Six

Twenty-Seven

Twenty-Eight

Twenty-Nine

Thirty

Thirty-One

Thirty-Two

Thirty-Three

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author

Copyright

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For Paul, who patiently waits for me in the wings

— PIERRE BERTON, Remember Yesterday

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Since Sunday was a day of rest, all kinds of preparation had to be done the day before. It meant having to do two days’ work in one. But it was Mary’s favourite day of the week — a break in her routine that gave her a chance to walk along the beach with Sadie. Newspapers and magazines were put away, and people were encouraged to read only “Sunday” things, things that had to do with a person’s Christian faith. Mary could never figure out why God would object to anyone reading a good book or writing a letter to a friend.

On her half day off that she had earned after working for two weeks, she went into town to browse in the second-hand store and buy a milk-chocolate nut roll. Then she headed to the beach to walk barefoot in the sand. She watched a family of five having a picnic under the shade of a tree, a dog chasing a stick, and a young couple strolling hand-in-hand down the shoreline toward the piers. Mary was amazed at how quickly she had adapted to her new place. It felt as if she’d been there longer than a few weeks.

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