Tully
Paullina Simons
This novel is entirely a work of fiction.
The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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First published in Great Britain by Flamingo an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1995
Copyright © Paullina Simons 1994
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To Alla and Yuri Handler,
my mother and father
Strait is the gate
and narrow is the way That leads unto Life And few there be that find it
St Matthew 7:14
Table of Contents
SIX A House of Little Illusion
Ah Life,
I would have been a pleasant thing to have About the house when I was grown If thou hadst left my little joys alone!
Edna St Vincent Millay
Mama’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mama’s gonna put all of her fears into you
Roger Waters