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An old woman for a travelling companion? You might expect what Iain Reid expected in The Truth about Luck. Second Story Press, 2013 "Lots of strolls, time for reading, cups of tea, ten hours of sleep per night, not too much direct sunlight, three square meals a day."
Is it still a radical idea? The notion that the world can no longer afford to oppress half its population. Apparently so. Random House Canada, 2013 Sally Armstrong's work considers the ways in which the world's largest problems -- poverty, conflict and violence -- are being addressed via efforts
When I started reading The Truth about Luck, I was taking the bus to meet a friend to go book-buying. House of Anansi, 2013 We had chosen the date and destination a month ago; the only thing left to decide the night before was the exact time that
When a novel begins with a tale of the world's origins, readers can expect an expansive tale. 2006; Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2008 When that origins tale shakes convention by the tail, readers can expect the kind of storytelling that sets aside the ordinary and places the extraordinary
