False Pretences"Teasing out the extraordinary within the everyday, False Pretences is a contemporary novel in mosaic. Through the separate yet interlinked stories, it traces the lives of two women as they deal with the complexities of love, private terrors, violence and - most precarious of all - hope. There is mystery, wry humour, sometimes tragedy be-neath the jaunty surfaces glimpsed through the years, until, by the end, we have encompassed their lives." |
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Page 70
... called it , jokily , a convenient umbrella to cover a general , unspecified disquietude ; perhaps no more than the tension between the drag of urban gravity and the weightlessness of Abroad . ' The yellow stuff's not urine , by the way ...
... called it , jokily , a convenient umbrella to cover a general , unspecified disquietude ; perhaps no more than the tension between the drag of urban gravity and the weightlessness of Abroad . ' The yellow stuff's not urine , by the way ...
Page 128
... called after him , ' we're putting on a show , at school . Saturday week . You could come . ' The first time he called in for his snapshots the man in the shop handed him the folder and commented , ' Been taking shots of the cliffs , eh ...
... called after him , ' we're putting on a show , at school . Saturday week . You could come . ' The first time he called in for his snapshots the man in the shop handed him the folder and commented , ' Been taking shots of the cliffs , eh ...
Page 130
... called out where was he going in such a hurry ? Country music was spilling from the hi - fi shop next door and she had to shout above the noise . Momentarily elated by the warmth of the sun on his bald patch , Henderson waved his bag ...
... called out where was he going in such a hurry ? Country music was spilling from the hi - fi shop next door and she had to shout above the noise . Momentarily elated by the warmth of the sun on his bald patch , Henderson waved his bag ...
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