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'Winner of the 1989 Christina Stead Fiction Prize, this novel tells the story of a woman living in Clapham surrounded by a menage consisting of her son, her lover, her ex-husband, an Alsatian and many others.'
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Dedication: With thanks to Barbara Bridges, Jane Cameron, Irma Havlicek, Roger Hodgman, Suzanne Perkins and Nathan and special thanks to Colin Haycroft for the punctuation and to Meredith Hodgman for the ducks.
Dedication: With thanks to Jane Cameron, Roger Hodgman and Nathan Jones. And with special thanks and love to Meredith Hodgman for telling me about the ducks.