title: The Big Book of Birth
author:  Erica Lyon 
description: Not only thorough, but written in a warm, coaching style, which makes for easy reading.... Highly recommended. -- <i><i>Library Journal</i></i>
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  ## Agatha Christie
  
  
  ## Endless Night
  
  
  ![image](../images/logo.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To Nora Prichard  
  from whom I first heard  
  the legend of Gipsy’s Acre
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Every Night and every Morn
  
  
  Some to Misery are born.
  
  
  Every Morn and every Night
  
  
  Some are born to Sweet Delight,
  
  
  Some are born to Sweet Delight,
  
  
  Some are born to Endless Night,
  
  
  William Blake  
  Auguries of Innocence
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](9780062006646_Dedication.xhtml#dedicationpage)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epigraph](9780062006646_Epigraph.xhtml#epigraphpage)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Book One](9780062006646_Part_1.xhtml#part01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](9780062006646_Chapter_1.xhtml#chapter01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Two](9780062006646_Chapter_2.xhtml#chapter02)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Three](9780062006646_Chapter_3.xhtml#chapter03)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Four](9780062006646_Chapter_4.xhtml#chapter04)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Five](9780062006646_Chapter_5.xhtml#chapter05)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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