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A haunting, evocative portrait of three generations of a family by an exciting and inspired new voice in fiction It is the summer of 1945 in Norfolk, England, and when Goose comes upon a German soldier buried neck deep in the mud of a local salt marsh, she pulls him out and brings... read more

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  • Goose: a girl in 1945 who finds a German soldier neck-deep in salt marsh mud, rescues him, gets pregnant
  • Lil: Goose's daughter
  • Pip: Lil's mute son
  • Elsie: a 'flame-haired' girl who lives near Pip, has caught his eye
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Finding a man buried up to his neck in mud.

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  1. Jeremy Page (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: England
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0670916587
Page Count: 322

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