Vinegar Girl
Author: Anne Tyler
‘You can’t get around Kate Battista as easily as all that’,,Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but the adults don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner.,,Dr Battista….Read More
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