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The accidental, Ali Smith

Label
The accidental, Ali Smith
Language
eng
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Form of composition
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Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The accidental
Responsibility statement
Ali Smith
Summary
Barefoot, thirty-something Amber shows up at the door of a Norfolk cottage that the Smarts are renting for the summer, insinuating herself into their family. Dazzled by her seeming exoticism, the Smarts begin to examine the accidents of their lives under the searing lens of Amber's perceptions. When the mother Eve finally banishes her from the cottage, Amber disappears from their sight, but notas they find when they return home to Londonfrom their profoundly altered lives
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
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