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With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unrivalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition. The Grandmothers Two women, close friends, fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for... read more
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- Harold
- Lionel Staveney
- Victoria
- Alice
- Lil
- Dickson
- Samantha
- Saul Butler
- Hannah
- Joe
- Theresa
- Marion
- De Rod
- Mr Patel
- Theo
- Perkins
- Colonel Grant
- Baxter
- Sarah
- Shirley
- Jack Reeves
- Lii
- Jessy
- Molly
- Rupert Fitch
- Helen
- Hargreaves
- Kipling
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On either side of a little promontory loaded with cafes and restaurants was a frisky but decorous sea, nothing like the real ocean that roared and rumbled outside the gape of the enclosing bay and barrier rocks known by everyone - and it was even on the charts - as Baxter's Teeth.
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- Doris Lessing (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2003
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- Dewey: 823.914
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