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📘 The golden child by Penelope Fitzgerald

First publish date: 1977

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery

Authors: Penelope Fitzgerald

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📘 Offshore

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Set on the Battersea Reach of the Thames, this novel follows a motley group of houseboat dwellers, from a homosexual prostitute to a former navy man, whose interwoven lives reveal the complexities of motherhood and community.

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📘 The Beginning of Spring

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