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AS CELEBRATED ON BBC FRONT ROW

''This breathtaking collection is a marvel.'' Tayari Jones
''Astute, brilliantly observed, timeless:'' Jackie Kay
''Her precocious and brilliant talent hasn't aged at all.'' Damon Galgut
''Exquisite ... These stories are all gems.'' Mendez
''You hold your breath, completely at her mercy.'' Lucy Caldwell

And she was becoming frightened too, looking at all those white faces pressed against the windowpanes.

One Black family comes under attack as their little boy prepares to start at an all-white school.
Friends plan a protest sit-in at the Rose Crest Tea Room, only to be arrested.
The first Black student always the Experiment' retreats into her closet at a newly integrated college.
And when a social worker enters a secluded woodland cabin, she meets the fate of all visitors . . .

Tragically killed aged twenty-two in 1966, Diane Oliver's masterly stor

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 13/02/2024
      ISBN13: 9780571386086, 978-0571386086
      ISBN10: 0571386083
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      AS CELEBRATED ON BBC FRONT ROW

      ''This breathtaking collection is a marvel.'' Tayari Jones
      ''Astute, brilliantly observed, timeless:'' Jackie Kay
      ''Her precocious and brilliant talent hasn't aged at all.'' Damon Galgut
      ''Exquisite ... These stories are all gems.'' Mendez
      ''You hold your breath, completely at her mercy.'' Lucy Caldwell

      And she was becoming frightened too, looking at all those white faces pressed against the windowpanes.

      One Black family comes under attack as their little boy prepares to start at an all-white school.
      Friends plan a protest sit-in at the Rose Crest Tea Room, only to be arrested.
      The first Black student always the Experiment' retreats into her closet at a newly integrated college.
      And when a social worker enters a secluded woodland cabin, she meets the fate of all visitors . . .

      Tragically killed aged twenty-two in 1966, Diane Oliver's masterly stor

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