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Sunflower
Jun 01, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: nz, fiction-read-2011
The great thing about reading novels set in one's home country is the flashes of recognition. This is a book whose strength is the characterisation, and the simple, day-to-day happenings within the families of the story while shifting between the generations.
Two things I found really interesting: 1. the title appears in several different guises in the story. (I find myself enjoying the "aha" moment when reading a book and finding the meaning for the title)
2. The author gave herself five stars fo
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