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(aka The Other Hand)
by Chris Cleave
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Published Jun 2010
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by Richard North Patterson
Published Sep 2009
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by Randa Jarrar
Published Aug 2009
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by Joseph O'Neill
Published Jun 2009
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Strawberry Fields (Two Caravans)
by Marina Lewycka
Published Apr 2008
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by Andrea Levy
Published Apr 2005
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