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Cuban Heels: A compelling and compulsive psychological thriller

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Cuban Heels: A compelling and compulsive psychological thriller

Contributors:

By (Author) Emily Barr

ISBN:

9780755301928

Publisher:

Headline Publishing Group

Imprint:

Headline Review

Publication Date:

15th April 2004

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

823.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 131mm, Height 197mm, Spine 21mm

Weight:

256g

Description

Maggie moves to Brighton after splitting up with her long-term boyfriend, and, unable to find a job, starts work as a lapdancer. Failing to make any new friends, she writes letters compulsively, and the highlight of her day is the sound of the morning post being delivered. Maggie gradually becomes obsessed with the married couple, Libby and David, living next door. Libby has given up work after having a baby, and is finding life as a full-time mother very difficult. Just as she persuades David that she should return to work, he is asked to take a sabbatical from his management-consultant job. He s always longed to travel, and convinces Libby that they should spend six months in Cuba, learning Spanish. Maggie, deciding she too wants to travel, follows them to Havana, where the horrors of her past in particular her young sister s violent death begin to haunt her. And as Maggie starts to break down, she tries to take over Libby s life

Author Bio

Emily Barr has written columns and travel pieces for the Observer and the Guardian for several years, and her previous novels Backpack and Baggage were critically acclaimed. She lives in the south of France with her husband and two sons.

Previous Books:

ATLANTIC SHIFT (0 7553 0194 3, 03/05), Baggage (0 7472 6677 8, 09/02), Backpack (0 7472 6676 X, 02/01)

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