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An irresistible fable of faith, love and mortal sin
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An irresistible fable of faith, love and mortal sin
Abandoned by her mother as a baby, Emily now lives with her father in Mexico City. She works in the local Catholic orphanage. Life is simple. But when an enigmatic cousin, Santi, appears on the doorstep, he brings family secrets, and Emily quickly finds that desire and temptation have overturned her straightforward life forever.
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'An astonishing novel, every line alive, leading as if effortlessly to a shocking climax.' Alan Sillitoe, author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
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- PublisherCanongate Books Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1841959790
- ISBN 13 9781841959795
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages231
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