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Saving Francesca
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Francesca and Co.: Book 1

Saving Francesca (2003) (edit title/settings)

by Melina Marchetta (Author) (edit contributors)

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MOST OF MY friends now go to Pius Senior College, but my mother wouldn’t allow it because she says the girls there leave with limited options and she didn’t bring me up to have limitations placed upon me. If you know my mother, you’ll sense there’s an irony there, based on the fact that she is... read more

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First Sentence edit see section history

This morning, my mother didn't get out of bed.

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This is book 1 of 2 in Francesca and Co.. (standard series)

Followed by The Piper's Son.

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  1. Melina Marchetta (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0 670 04045 2
Page Count: 343

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