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Anita's mother was the mermaid in the Belle Vue Fair Freak Show. Into their lives came Paddy Riley, a young Irish lad whose motto was 'the only crime in life is not to take up a good opportunity'. The opportunity was Anita's mother - hungry for love and romance. Their secret is safe until young Anita, their go-between, spins a jealous lie that tragically catches them all. Now grown with children of her own, Anita has found a kind of peace with a sweet husband, and the past is past. Until that is, a man not unlike Paddy Riley comes to their town. It's an 'opportunity' that Anita cannot, for the life of her, seem to resist.
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About the Author:
Carol Birch was born in 1951 in Manchester. Her first novel, LIFE IN THE PALACE, won the 1988 David Higham Award for the Best First Novel of the Year. In 1991 she won the prestigious Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize with THE FOG LINE.
Review:
'Striking ... Relentlessly honest, this is an open-ended cautionary tale about the allure of chaos' TLS 'Birch is utterly compelling at evoking the agonies of adolescent love ... entirely convincing' THE TIMES 'Carol Birch is a wonderful portrayer of character ... An absorbing story that echoes some of the themes in Angela Carter's fiction' INDEPENDENT
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- PublisherUlverscroft Large Print Bks.
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 070894485X
- ISBN 13 9780708944851
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages408
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