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Talitha Stevenson - Disappear

Released: 04/03/2010 Virago
After an ill-fated holiday taken in a bid to save her marriage, Leila Bell gets back in touch with her sister, Kate. Becoming embroiled in Kate's edge-of-society existence forces Leila to reassess her own life. Writing with compassion, Stevenson explores the manifold repercussions of rekindling old relationships. For more information visit: http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Title/9781844082667 Buy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1844082660?ie=UTF8&tag=cultur00-21&linkCode=as2&ca…
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The Times“A novel of different viewpoints and varying registers...” The book proceeds episodically and its charms are in isolated moments, in perceptions rather than as an integrated creation. But Stevenson is able to adumbrate in fleeting exchanges and interior monologue a complex of feeling and experience...
 
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The Independent“A writer with a reputation for worldly stories of entitled players...” What starts out as an insider satire of pre-crash excess becomes a shouty drama about responsible living. While the drawstrings of the plot may not tie up, scenes and episodes are memorably executed. Stevenson's characters never conform to type...
 
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