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be to everyone's taste. it certainly makes for an absorbing read. Girl Meets 'ix " l ‘ r z tr l‘»
Boy, the Inverness-born writer's fourth novel, following her 2004 Whitbread E 2 ' '~ .' T' - Irzi :, ' ' “it . \ award-winning work The Accidental, is the story of two very different I H V . I t .l r" «- l iwtn. sisters: free-thinking, likeable and rebellious Anthea and Imogen, a ‘MééT'ER i 4' .z'i 21in precious, conservative type who works in advertising. Based around the ~i" l i f'. it" ta F
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situations and characters, in both past and present time. Myth and the
language of myth have the capaCIty to move and effect change, and this is i l : ~ in line: the central theme of Smith’s latest effort. ,r r- r . ' il l ,r wvr — :iiiirnni. . Ho e e , while the author certainly has a magnificent ear for language , Joy He'dmg Heart her poetic musrngs are at times beautiful and evocative — in this case its at ' r : :' i t' . . . . , Stopper US the expense of a clearly defined plot. In addition, Girl Meets Boy 5 w r i' i n l . . . . , . , suspense writer With characters are not as fully realised as in Smith 5 past offerings, and when 2 . F . i , . . . . . . , . . a tale abOut combined With the occaSional cliche, such as one Sister 5 deSIre to quit the . i»,- . r r ' .m 1 ‘ , . . . . . . smalltown angst as a busmess world when she recognises its essential emptiness, this makes ' - ' 'i . m a ; . . . , . . string of local beauty for a rather flimsy, frustrating tale. Humour and Smith s spirited prose style ' . ', i " w
. . . , . queens and up being are both redeeming features in this latest of Canongate 5 Myth series, but ' 'r . ' o " ii , ‘ : ~ riddled with bullets be prepared: you may find yourself wanting more. (Camilla Pia) : i, . l'.‘ i : r ' Pocket
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