Helen Dunmore
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In powerful and diamond-sharp prose, Helen Dunmore writes a Dickensian story of two brothers who come from nowhere and want everything. Paul and Johnn
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ie are born twelve years apart in a one-bedroom flat in Barking. Their ascent to money and power looks easy from a distance, but it burns those who get too close. When Paul marries Louise, Johnnie is part of the contract. Their daughter, Anna, is tangled in it from birth. This is Louise's story, and she's going to tell it in all its crookedness, force, and tenderness.
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