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Falling Away

(1996)
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At 52, Dorothy is a Somerset midwife who, as she sees her ladies through the trials of childbirth, finds a kind of peace. But she has bleak memories - of ten years spent in a Glasgow institution for wayward girls. Then she meets Harold, who gradually allows her to glimpse another world.


Genre: General Fiction

Praise for this book

"A beautiful and impressive feat of imagination." - William Boyd


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