Beyond Black
Author: Hilary Mantel
Author(s): Hilary Mantel ISBN: 9780007157761 Binding: Paperback Published: 2006-03-01 Alison is a medium. She hears voices from the other side. But the messages are sometimes too dark to pass on so she tells her clients – drawn from the outer reaches of London – what they want to hear. Alison is ‘a girl of unfeasible size, with plump creamy shoulders, rounded calves, thigh….Read More
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