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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... fingers and into her hair , surrounding her- self with fragrance . Occasionally there were roses , old , floppy ones . Last week she found a deep red , heavy- headed rose , wrapped close like a cabbage . Ready to drop , it came away in ...
... fingers and into her hair , surrounding her- self with fragrance . Occasionally there were roses , old , floppy ones . Last week she found a deep red , heavy- headed rose , wrapped close like a cabbage . Ready to drop , it came away in ...
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... fingers were . ' I can bend them right back , ' he said , ' I'd be much better at car- pets . ' The brother owned the carpet factory across the river . ' Nimble fingers , ' Sanjay said , ' small knots . Try me . ' He crinkled his face ...
... fingers were . ' I can bend them right back , ' he said , ' I'd be much better at car- pets . ' The brother owned the carpet factory across the river . ' Nimble fingers , ' Sanjay said , ' small knots . Try me . ' He crinkled his face ...
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... fingers , and wiped her fingers on her jeans . ' I suppose it was double that , really , because we were never apart . How many people do you know who spend all day and all night together ? Going to the loo was the only time we had a ...
... fingers , and wiped her fingers on her jeans . ' I suppose it was double that , really , because we were never apart . How many people do you know who spend all day and all night together ? Going to the loo was the only time we had a ...
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