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8 out of 10
"That's not a childhood, that's a court case," Fiona said, and Deborah said she's being unfair to the mother, and then nobody talked about anything else all night!
by@bookclubdropoutWritten 25 July 2026Read 22 July 2026
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oh my god.9 out of 10@three_chapters_in
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Seven, and the missing three are all after Cambridge.7 out of 10@the_slow_reader
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Priya's mother rang me about this one, which had not happened in thirty-one years. Finished it in three evenings. The scrapyard chapters I could barely stand; the Cambridge ones I understood completely, and that's what unsettled me.9 out of 10@margaretreads
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