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Awardwinning novelist maggie ofarrell returns with her latest breathtaking novel. As unusual as this may seem, there are many reallife examples of celebrated individuals who have abandoned the public eye for a more private life. The book deals with the relationship between claudette and her husband, daniel. Maggie ofarrell manoeuvres her characters with a conjurors sleight of. For some, she was a familiar author, for others, she was a new experience. During a recordsetting heatwave, the patriarch of an irish family clears out his bank account and disappears, leaving his. A reclusive exfilm star living in the wilds of ireland, claudette wells is a woman whose first instinct, when a stranger approaches her home, is to reach for her shotgun. Bestselling author maggie ofarrell s seventh novel, this must be the place, is a dazzling and intimate choice for the richard and judy summer 2017 book club. An irresistible love story, an unforgettable family. In an interlocking series of narratives set from 1944 to 2016, in places ranging from sussex to goa to brooklyn, with titles like the tired mind is a stovetop, how a locksmith must feel, and when all the tiny lights begin to be extinguished, british novelist ofarrell instructions for a heat wave, 20, etc.
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