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    <![CDATA[Family Connections]]>
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    <![CDATA[These stories trace the fragile and enduring connections between those related by blood, and those not. A gay couple care for a cantankerous neighbour, a daughter hangs on to the threads of her father's mind, an anthropologist finds it difficult to leave behind the refugees she has studied. They take an unflinching look at the moments in lives when the axis swivels to reveal insights and actions which surprise and disturb. With crackling wit and a deadpan lyricism the fate of a nonagenarian former channel swimmer is sealed alongside a virginal teenager and a baroque beautician.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I also posted my review to amazon......In Gittins stories there are tipping points which catch you unawares, at which you realize that something has changed and will never be the same as it was before. She has an uncanny eye for seeing these moments, which in and of themselves very ordinary, often s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7696372">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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