Crossroads (29 page)

About the Author

BELVA PLAIN lives in northern New Jersey. She is the
New
York Times
bestselling author of
Evergreen, Random Winds, Eden
Burning, Crescent City, The Golden Cup, Tapestry, Blessings, Harvest, Treasures, Whispers, Daybreak, The Carousel, Promises, Secrecy,
Homecoming, Legacy of Silence, Fortune’s Hand, After the Fire,
Looking Back, Her Father’s House,
and
The Sight of the Stars.

Also by Belva Plain

THE SIGHT OF THE STARS

HER FATHER’S HOUSE

LOOKING BACK

AFTER THE FIRE

FORTUNE’S HAND

LEGACY OF SILENCE

HOMECOMING

SECRECY

PROMISES

THE CAROUSEL

DAYBREAK

WHISPERS

TREASURES

HARVEST

TAPESTRY

BLESSINGS

THE GOLDEN CUP

CRESCENT CITY

EDEN BURNING

RANDOM WINDS

EVERGREEN

CROSSROADS
A Delacorte Press Book / December 2008

Published by Bantam Dell
A Division of Random House, Inc.
New York, New York

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved
Copyright © 2008 by Bar-Nan Creations, Inc.

Delacorte Press is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc.,
and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Plain, Belva.
Crossroads / Belva Plain.
p. cm.
1. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 2. Adopted children—Fiction. 3. Married people—Fiction. 4. Family—Fiction. 5. New England—Fiction. 6. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PS3566.L254C76 2008
813’.54—dc22                                    2008031415

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