Double VisionFifteen-year-old Eliza, the middle of three daughters, longs to escape from her predictable life in a small English seaside village in the 1950s, but she does not know to what she wishes to escape. |
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... hand toward him and said , " This is Jake . He's our lodger and he lives with us . Sort of . " Jake rose from the sofa in one uncurling movement . Eliza was astonished to see that although he had a beard , The Beatnik appeared to be ...
... hand toward him and said , " This is Jake . He's our lodger and he lives with us . Sort of . " Jake rose from the sofa in one uncurling movement . Eliza was astonished to see that although he had a beard , The Beatnik appeared to be ...
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... hands ? " He reached for Lily's hand so quickly that she could not refuse it . " There . Now I feel we've been properly introduced . I'm Alastair . " " I know , " said Lily . " And you are the lovely Lily . " " I'm the littlest , " said ...
... hands ? " He reached for Lily's hand so quickly that she could not refuse it . " There . Now I feel we've been properly introduced . I'm Alastair . " " I know , " said Lily . " And you are the lovely Lily . " " I'm the littlest , " said ...
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... hand in hand . They looked , Lily thought , like the figures on the box , the old immortal people who couldn't be blacked out . And she wanted to run and join them , but Aunt Fanny held her back . Then Lily woke up . The silver ballet ...
... hand in hand . They looked , Lily thought , like the figures on the box , the old immortal people who couldn't be blacked out . And she wanted to run and join them , but Aunt Fanny held her back . Then Lily woke up . The silver ballet ...
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