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Heat Wave

Penelope Lively

1996·214 pages

Literary Fiction

In her most accomplished and appealing novel since Moon Tiger, acclaimed author Penelope Lively tells an emotionally powerful, beautifully wrought story of love and marital infidelity through the eyes of a mother whose daughter's husband has strayed.

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Heat Wave

Penelope Lively

Year

1996

Pages

214

Literary Fiction

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In her most accomplished and appealing novel since Moon Tiger, acclaimed author Penelope Lively tells an emotionally powerful, beautifully wrought story of love and marital infidelity through the eyes of a mother whose daughter's husband has strayed.

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