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Libby Purves

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ISBN 10: 0340829885 ISBN 13: 9780340829882

Publisher: Flame, 2003

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About the Author:

Libby Purves is a writer and also a broadcaster who has presented the talk programme Midweek on Radio 4 since 1984 and formerly presented Today. She is a main columnist on the Times and in 1999 was named the Granada "What the Papers Say" Columnist of the Year, and awarded a O.B.E for services to journalism. She lives in Suffolk with her husband the broadcaster and writer Paul Heiney.

Review:

Libby Purves' prose is clean, sharp and in touch with things that matter * Valerie Grove, The Times * Purves' novel of ordinary lives is compelling, her perceptions are acute ... sophisticated and skilful * Daily Telegraph * A feel-good novel ... hilarious ... humorous ... fabulously incisive * Independent *

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