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    <body><![CDATA[Kerrie-Anne Hill lived a full life before the age of 18. Raised in Nottingham estates by a junkie mother who ran out when Kez was 16, a series of &quot;uncles&quot; in and out of the house, and a little brother left to raise...all Kez could do was find ways to fend for herself. Her junkie boyfriend ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9388010">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was recommended on the Austin Public Library librarian's list of best books. I will never look at librarians the same again! Kidding. But it is so intense. I loved it, couldn't put it down, but in a sick-feeling-in-my-stomach kind of way. Caution- if you dislike heavy use of dialect, you w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66756742">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This stunning, darkly disturbing novel gripped me from the opening page, with its strong voice and its fully-realised world. I was changed by reading it, I can't stop thinking about it, and if this is not the mark of a great book, I don't know what is.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished it and was sad to see it go. What a damn good book!  Excellent from page one on. I got it at the library, in the 'new fiction' section.]]></body>
    
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