**FROM THE AUTHOR OF INSIDE THE WAVE, THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017** When Nadine runs away to London, innocence and corruption collide . . . Nadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This novel offers a penetrating account of the Bristol and London underworlds through the eyes of a young woman. Always a writer with an astonishing eye for the right detail, Helen Dunmore's characters are engaging enough to pull you into her narrative world and dangerous enough to make you wonder what she'll do next with them. This novel is about sexual awakening, power and class, and all with a touch light enough to make you think it's not tackling any of the big themes at all.
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