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Also by Jane Gardam:

Bilgewater, June 2016
Trade Size
A Long Way from Verona, November 2013
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Man in the Wooden Hat, November 2009
Hardcover
The People on Privilege Hill, November 2007
Hardcover
The Queen of the Tambourine, September 2007
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A LONG WAY FROM VERONA
By: Jane Gardam

Europa
November 2013
On Sale: November 5, 2013
200 pages
ISBN: 1609451414
EAN: 9781609451417
Kindle: B00EV4ZS6C
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Historical

‘I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine'

Jessica Vye's 'violent experience' colors her schooldays and her reaction to the world around her-a confining world of Order Marks, wartime restrictions, viyella dresses, nicely-restrained essays and dusty tea shops. For Jessica she has been told that she is 'beyond all possible doubt', a born writer. With her inability to conform, her absolute compulsion to tell the truth and her dedication to accurately noting her experiences, she knows this anyway. But what she doesn't know is that the experiences that sustain and enrich her burgeoning talent will one day lead to a new-and entirely unexpected-reality.

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