A heartwarming collection of stories follows four friends, who meet at Mrs. RochambeauxÆs Gentle School for Girls, as they find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings, in a book that includes contributions from Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Stefanie Sloane and Laura Lee Guhrke. Original. 200,000 first printing Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Mrs. Rochambeaux's Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings . . .Something OldJulia Quinn's prologue introduces her heroine, Beatrice Heywood, and the premise for Four Weddings and a Sixpence.Something NewIn Stefanie Sloane's unforgettable story, an ever-vigilant guardian decrees that Anne Brabourne must marry by her twenty-first birthday. But love finds her in the most unexpected of ways.Something BorrowedElizabeth Boyle tells the tale of Cordelia Padley, who has invented a betrothed to keep her family from pestering her to wed. Now she'll need to borrow one to convince them she's found her true love.Something BlueIn Laura Lee Guhrke's story, unlucky Lady Elinor Daventry has her sixpence stolen from her and must convince the rake who pilfered the coin to return it in time for her own wedding. . . . and a Sixpence in Her Shoe--Booklist (starred review)