Grievance

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Marguerite Alexander. Grievance

Grievance. Marguerite Alexander

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London

Ballypierce

London

Ballypierce

London

Ballypierce

London

Ballypierce

London

Ballypierce

London

Ballypierce

London

Ballypierce

EPILOGUE

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

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For Rachel, Chloë, Hannah and Tom

Title Page

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While she’s speaking, the ripples of amusement throughout the room suggest that her views are known and affectionately tolerated. Steve takes in her long, crinkly red hair, pale freckled face and light blue eyes. She could be Irish or, since her accent – English public school overlaid by London demotic – doesn’t suggest that, of Irish descent. Whatever her racial identity, however, she favours a Camden Market ethnicity in dress. A sheepskin Afghan coat, which must take real dedication to wear on such a close, muggy day, is slung over the back of her chair, while a flowing Indian print dress, decorated with quantities of beads, scarves and silver bangles, covers her soft, full figure.

Steve’s own particular brand of Irish romance (though it’s a term he’s reluctant to use), rooted as it is in historical reality, makes him particularly hostile to the one so aptly embodied in this flabby, messily eclectic girl.

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