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Pearl and Riley closed the door behind them. From inside they could hear their mother crying. They were four storeys in the air and it was a hot day. She was eight, he was five. Riley's lips quivered. 'What will we do?' he said.
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Grave, contemporary, earnest and classical in form.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Deborah Robertson
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 299
- Publisher
- MacAdam Cage, Hodder & Stoughton, Sceptre
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781596922754
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