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Like We Used to Be
 
by
Jean Stubbs

Like We Used to Be

3.48 of 5 stars 3.48  ·  rating details  ·  21 ratings  ·  3 reviews
As two sisters leave their parents' home, they each have hopes for the future. For Zoe, marriage, a country house and children are all she wants. For Leila, life as an artist in London during the 1960's is a life of possibilities. But as events take their toll, the sisters must find their old closeness, and face up to the emptiness of their two worlds which be hard to fill...more
Mass Market Paperback, 0 pages
Published December 1st 1990 by St. Martin's Press
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Rita
1989.
Not sure whether I actually read this or not. Looks like I read Rosemary's copy some years ago, but I recall nothing now.
Sue
The book opens with one main character at her sister's marriage. As the book progresses, the viewpoint alternates in sections between the sisters, building up a picture of their family. Pleasant reading.
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Jean was born in Lancashire and educated in Manchester. She has written many novels and short stories for magazines and collections, several of which have been adapted for radio and television. She has lived for more than twenty years in a cottage in Cornwall, England, with her husband.
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