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ISBN: 9780956308313
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The Immaculate Heart
14-year-old Maggie is obsessed with love, both trying to define it and experience it, thanks to the indifference of her adopted family. Maggie turns to her only friend, 80-year-old Bertrand, driven mad since losing his sweetheart, Rose, during World War II. Maggie explores the world of Rose’s letters to Bertrand.
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Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark was the grande dame of Scottish letters. A prolific writer, she has produced over twenty novels as well as works of poetry, drama, biography, non-fiction and children’s stories. Spark was born Muriel Camberg in Edinburgh in 1918 and educat …
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