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Remedy by Anne Marsella
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This book allowd me spend a precious few hours feeling I was living in modern day Venice; I could taste the food and feel the air. It also gives a…
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The House on Moon Lake by Francesca Duranti

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Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction by Alison MacLeod

Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction

In Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction you will meet lovers, would-be lovers and lovers gone wrong. You will discover modern life laid bare and the literature of the past re-imagined. You will travel from the Brighton seafront to the Nova Scotia coast. You will be in Ikea one minute and in the Hayward Gallery the next…
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These short stories are dazzling in their variety. They are wonderfully told - full of wit - yet many also have a real emotional depth, and stay with you for long afterwards.

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