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#453 of 8,085 books · #84 in Historical Fiction

Won the Women's Prize for Fiction (1996).

Abandoned by their parents, Catherine and her brother, Rob, are left to the care of their mysterious grandfather, living in an enclosed and stifling world, where their only solace is their relationship with each other.

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Publisher
Grove Press
ISBN-13
9780802138767
Topics
Sibling relationshipsIsolation and family secretsComing of age

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