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At least one writer out there is willing to explore the heart and mind of someone who is not a contemporary, college-degreed, high-performing, successful but tormented over consumer who travels to Provence and dabbles in serial mating.
Two aging spinsters barely make a living on a small farm in Ireland in the 1950s. For a summer, Annie gets to care for her neice and nephew while their parents are getting settled in London.Parenting a four year old boy and a six year old girl are challenging, but when a man decides to try to marry her companion Sarah, she finds her world crashing down around her. Sebastian Berry understands the thoughts and feelings of an elderly woman and writes this story using Annie's voice.Reading it you ca
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