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One summer evening, just over 90 years ago, an unusual assortment of people gather for dinner at the Kelly's farm. This meeting leads to local spinster, Lily MacGregor meeting Mr Fernon her former playmate, Bob Graham. Her subsequent relationships with them develop into a riveting story of deceit, sex, subterfuge and crime.
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1869504062
- ISBN 13 9781869504069
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 224 pages. Description One summer evening just over ninety y ears ago an unusual assortment of people gather for dinner at the Kellys' farm. Mr Kelly is something of a collector and his guest s include an intriguing trio of well-heeled drifters - Mr Harrawa y his unsuitable wife and their startlingly handsome friend Mr Fe rnon. Also present is local spinster Lily Macgregor and her forme r playmate the now-widowed Bob Graham. Romance is in the air but Lily accustomed to thinking and acting alone assumes people only notice her because they find her useful or entertaining. The cons equences of this erroneous assumption and her subsequent relation ships with Mr Fernon and Bob Graham develop into a riveting story of deceit sex subterfuge and crime that will keep the close-knit rural community talking for years. The Stove Rake is a beautiful ly written novel set in rural Edwardian New Zealand. The author's ability to craft thought-provoking images as well as an excellen t eye for period detail make this haunting novel one to remember. Seller Inventory # 906p
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Flamingo/HarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland
(2002)
ISBN 10: 1869504062
ISBN 13: 9781869504069
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