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Something Like Breathing

Friendship blossoms between an enigmatic girl and a whisky distiller’™s granddaughter on a remote Scottish island.It’™s the 1950s, and Lorrie is unimpressed when her family moves to the remote Scottish island where her grandad runs a whisky distillery. She befriends Sylvie, the shy girl next door: ‘˜The slightest smile from Sylvie was a fluffy elephant at the fair. It had to be won with a clear aim,’™ writes Lorrie. Yet fun-loving Lorrie isn’™t sure Sylvie’™s is the friendship she wants to win. As the adults around them struggle to keep their lives on an even keel, the two young women are drawn into a series of events that leave the small town wondering who exactly Sylvie is and what strange gift she is hiding.Readman’™s feel for emotional nuance and flair for mixing strangeness with poignant detail make this long-awaited debut novel one to savour.

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