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Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective-a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town.
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Kate Atkinson
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 371
- Publisher
- Reagan Arthur, Little, Brown and Co.
- Editions
- 2
- ISBN
- 9780316066747
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Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Besides novels, she has penned one play and a collection of short stories.
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