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Penguin Books Ltd

FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143566502
RRP: £3.99
PAGES: 320
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1, 2011

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The Accidental

By (author) Ali Smith

The Smart family’s lacklustre holiday in Norwich is interrupted by a beguiling stranger called Amber. The Smarts try to make sense of their bewildering emotions as Amber tramples over family boundaries and forces them to think in an entirely new way. A novel about how seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, “The Accidental” explores the nature of truth, the role of fate and the power of storytelling.

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