**WINNER OF THE 2005 CARNEGIE MEDAL** Frank Cottrell Boyce's story, Millions - the tale of a not-so-great train robbery - is an absolute treasure! Two brothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to joining the Euro. Suddenly finding themsel
The Millstone
β Scribed by Margaret Drabble
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (www.hmhco.com);Harcourt Brace
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Edition
- 1st Harvest ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"Rosamund Stacey finds herself pregnant after her only sexual encounter. Despite her fierce independence and academic brilliance, Rosamund is naive and unworldly, and the choices before her are terrifying."--Back cover.
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