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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... feel I was summoning death , maybe hastening the end . ' ' Yes , it can be like that . You feel like the executioner's assistant , ' Stuart admits . Patrick looks surprised . ' You've never told me you felt like that about it . ' Marie ...
... feel I was summoning death , maybe hastening the end . ' ' Yes , it can be like that . You feel like the executioner's assistant , ' Stuart admits . Patrick looks surprised . ' You've never told me you felt like that about it . ' Marie ...
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... feel better . ' When they got back , hours later , Josie made them a cup of tea . She was elated , feeling something of a Henry Higgins after Eliza's success at the ball . Millie had been a triumph , debating the subtleties of pruning ...
... feel better . ' When they got back , hours later , Josie made them a cup of tea . She was elated , feeling something of a Henry Higgins after Eliza's success at the ball . Millie had been a triumph , debating the subtleties of pruning ...
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... feel doomed to relive the affair over and over and over- ' Yves was saying cheerfully , ' We finish off the left- overs . It will amuse you . ' ' Ah ! ' Susan began cautiously . ' When ... ? ' ' Now ! ' ' But - my clothes - ' He ...
... feel doomed to relive the affair over and over and over- ' Yves was saying cheerfully , ' We finish off the left- overs . It will amuse you . ' ' Ah ! ' Susan began cautiously . ' When ... ? ' ' Now ! ' ' But - my clothes - ' He ...
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