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Home : Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction by Robinson, Marilynne thoughtAuthor: Robinson, Marilynne Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 16 April 2009 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 352 pages 198 x 128 x 22 276g WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2009Jack Boughton prodigal son has been gone twenty years. He returns home seeking refuge and to make peace with the past. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is

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