A powerful exploration of illicit desire, in which a 17-year-old girl has a crush on a friend of her parents that turns on some dark events of 24 years previously.
The Ophelia Girls
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£16.99
Edition:Hardback978152901485322/07/2021
Categories: 05. Summer Books 2021: Fiction, Fiction, Summer Books 2021
Tags: c 1970 to c 1979, c 1990 to c 1999, Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Pre-Raphaelite, Relating to lesbians
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