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| 30/06/2008 16:05 |
Re: Win all the books on our books page
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MIDNIGHT CACTUS by BELLA POLLEN (Pan Books, £6.99)
Alice Coleman, on a sojourn from husband, Robert, plans to convert an Arizona ghost town into a retreat. She and her two children just start to settle into their lifestyle in the desert close to the Mexican border when the enigmatic Duval appears.
As Alice is drawn into the complex lives of fugitive Mexicans, she finds herself reawakened by life on the edge.
"Discontented women are like pressure cookers", says Duval. "The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point."
If you have ever felt like that, you understand the decisions faced by Alice.
Will she, won't she?