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Sunflower
Apr 14, 2008 rated it liked it
The idea of the "delivery room" is a clever one, and the procession of patients through it, whose stories you share during the book, each with their own sub-plots. Otherwise nothing happens and everything happens: as one of the reviews on the cover says "full of texture and detail", and the language is rich and dense. I don't agree with the "grippingly readable" bit though, at no time was I compelled to keep reading to find out what happened next.... ...more
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