โ Scribed by Sarah Laing; Sarah Laing
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Prize-winning writer Sarah Laing has written a superb collection of stories that are beautifully written, vividly rendered and which stimulate and surprise. 'Imagine that you're a statistic,' says one of the characters in these quirky, haunting stories of people whose inner lives let them escape the boxes that others put them into. The single mum, the student working in the pie factory, the newborn baby, the dying woman, the Kiwi alone in New York and many others pass through these stories and in doing so let us enter their lives.
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Would-be gardening expert Daisy can't believe her luck when her parents announce they're off on a midlife crisis gap year, leaving her in charge of their gorgeous garden, much in need of her expert TLC. And coming just after a break up, some peace and quiet in the countryside is just what she needs.
Pushing petals is their business. But it's up to one girl to keep things from wilting! Del Bloom and her family are busy preparing flowers for the town's Homecoming festivities. And Del is also preparing to ask her crush, Hamilton, to the big bonfire! But then the Blooms discover that their rival f
Rose Ellen Gilhooley didn't get to be a star in Buffalo Bill's Wild West for nothing. Bareback riding and sharp instincts, have taken her worlds away from the small Kansas town where she grew up. If Mr. H.L. May thinks a lack of book-learning makes her an easy mark, he's in for the shock of her life