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Source ISBN: 9780008301637
Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008301651
Version: 2018-12-21
For
Cello
Nina & Lara
Mum, Dad
Elizabeth & Tricia
Contents
New House Farm, the Simpson family home since 1925
Saturday 7th December 2013, late afternoon
I peer into the bathroom and from here the room looks like a tableau with the main character removed. On the wooden floor is a striped mug half-full of cold coffee. I move closer and see the milk cold and pale,