Harley is in Karakarook to foster ‘Heritage’, and Douglas is there to pull down the quaint old Bent Bridge. From day one, they’re on a collison course. But out of this unpromising conjunction of opposites, something unexpected happens: sometimes even better than perfection.
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Ali Smith
Jill Dawson
Kate Grenville
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Jeanette Winterson
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Jane Smiley
Danzy Senna
Jayne Anne Philips
Rosina Lippi
Sena Jeter Naslund
Josephine Humphreys
Laurie Graham
Esther Freud
Leslie Forbes
Helen Dewitt
Meaghan Delahunt
Jill Dawson
Kate Grenville
Barbara Kingsolver
Ruth Ozeki
Susanna Clarke
Maggie O'Farrell
Tayari Jones
Kamila Shamsie
Naomi Alderman
Lisa McInerney
Ali Smith
Eimear McBride
A.M. Homes
Madeline Miller
Téa Obreht
Barbara Kingsolver
Marilynne Robinson
Rose Tremain
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lionel Shriver
Andrea Levy
Valerie Martin
Ann Patchett
Kate Grenville
Linda Grant
Suzanne Berne
Carol Shields
Anne Michaels
Helen Dunmore
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