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 47
... things change , and her garden changed with her circumstances . The courtyard she had now was white ; cool and calm . At dusk , with the blooms shim- mering against the ivy and evergreens , it took on the romantic intensity of an ...
... things change , and her garden changed with her circumstances . The courtyard she had now was white ; cool and calm . At dusk , with the blooms shim- mering against the ivy and evergreens , it took on the romantic intensity of an ...
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... things . They don't mind ? Your Indian members ? ' Searching for words , Mr Chadwick creaked his way to explaining that as to running things , there was of course a General Manager in overall charge . ' I'm more in a day- to - day ...
... things . They don't mind ? Your Indian members ? ' Searching for words , Mr Chadwick creaked his way to explaining that as to running things , there was of course a General Manager in overall charge . ' I'm more in a day- to - day ...
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... things go ? and May brought a heatwave , and as the temperature rose , Rocky abandoned first the boots , then the trousers , by the second week was back in a cotton dress . Things seemed to be going well . No one could have forecast the ...
... things go ? and May brought a heatwave , and as the temperature rose , Rocky abandoned first the boots , then the trousers , by the second week was back in a cotton dress . Things seemed to be going well . No one could have forecast the ...
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