The eagerly-awaited second novel from the author of the highly praised Cold Water, is a powerful and moving study of urban disaffection, fem...
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Jan 16, 2009
Alex
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A compact little novel about a short love affair and the wake it leaves behind. Told in the first person present tense by Esther, a troubled yet thoughtful young woman living a believable Bohemian life in Manchester, this story explores the meaning we give to people and events, sometimes even when we don't want to. Despite constant efforts to deaden her senses with alcohol and depression, our narrator has an acute sense of things going on around her and relays them in an accessible way. At 20
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Oct 25, 2010
Eamon
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This is one of my favourite novels. Perhaps it's not as good as her debut, "Cold Water", or the novel that followed it, but I'm really fond of it. It's a book I re-read a lot, and I have favourite parts of it.
Oct 29, 2007
Martinxo
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Very well written, she is my new current favourite author.
Looking forward to reading her other books. It is so good to come across someone who can write this well, a relief!
Looking forward to reading her other books. It is so good to come across someone who can write this well, a relief!
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