Edmund Hall, Oxford), he has lived and worked in Italy, France and the UK. Educated in the UK (BA Politics & Economics, St. The climax is inevitable, sad, and also happy, as Daisy finds out what her mother, father, and husband had tried so hard to keep her from knowing. About Nicola Mira Nicola Mira is a translator from Italian and French, specialised in journalism and non-fiction texts. Extracts from a letter to Daisy head every chapter, and gradually they are linked to the people we come to know. Slowly.they build connections: to Daisy’s father, an alcoholic who left her mother years ago to Daisy’s mother, who lives near the Harkers to Daisy’s husband. They find Nita, a promiscuous young Mexican woman with six kids by different men her mother, a religious fanatic a drifter who committed suicide by the railroad tracks. With the help of a private detective, Steve Pinata, Daisy Harker goes back in time to the events and people who made that day what it was. To avoid disappointment, please ring 02 9262-7996 to talk to a staff member and order in-store. Persistently she tracks back to the date given on it of her death, four years previously. This one builds very slowly, starting with a young woman’s dream of her own grave. Young housewife Daisy Harkers world is upended when a blank spot in her memory and a reoccurring nightmare link. It is good to have this classic available in paperback, even if it is at the inflated price of $5.00. Originally published in by Random House, hardcover, 1960. Paperback edition with new introduction by the author, International Polygonics, Ltd., 1983. MARGARET MILLAR – A Stranger in My Grave.
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