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Title: KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE
A VIRAGO MODERN CLASSIC
By: Rumer Godden, Rosie Thomas
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £9.98


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ISBN 10: 140551275X
ISBN 13: 9781405512756
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
Pub. date: 7 February, 2013
Edition: Digital original
Series: VMC
Synopsis: Sophie, an English ingenue with two children, arrives in Himalayan Kashmir to set up home in a tumbledown cottage surrounded by flowers and herbs. Settling down to live quietly, frugally and peacefully with her new neighbours, she is unaware of the turmoil her arrival provokes as the villagers compete fiercely for her patronage. Sophie's cook makes a drastic bid to secure his position, and the unwanted consequences are catastrophic . . .
Illustrations: None
Publication: UK
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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