DreamhouseIt should have been a perfect summer, but for Louise and Rennie their dreamhouse is the stuff of nightmares. Kate Grenville's extraordinary, disturbing novel evokes the mystery and menace underpinning everyday life. |
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Page 71
... pushed against the woman's shoulder to make her give way . Under the thin black fabric , her shoulder was as hard and muscular as a man's . Past the fortune - teller , I was caught against a solid wall of slow - moving families . I was ...
... pushed against the woman's shoulder to make her give way . Under the thin black fabric , her shoulder was as hard and muscular as a man's . Past the fortune - teller , I was caught against a solid wall of slow - moving families . I was ...
Page 91
... pushed into the bushes , I wondered if the three men were turning to each other with winks and smiles . The noise of branches being pushed back seemed huge , and when I stopped in a clearing to wonder where 91.
... pushed into the bushes , I wondered if the three men were turning to each other with winks and smiles . The noise of branches being pushed back seemed huge , and when I stopped in a clearing to wonder where 91.
Page 162
... pushed it back so that the glass caught the sun blazingly for a moment . Somewhere else a sheet was hung out to dry on a roof - top line and stirred like a banner , very white against the mouse - grey buildings . The roof of the Duomo ...
... pushed it back so that the glass caught the sun blazingly for a moment . Somewhere else a sheet was hung out to dry on a roof - top line and stirred like a banner , very white against the mouse - grey buildings . The roof of the Duomo ...
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