Excerpt from This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: This Must Be the Place
Rating: 5.0 (7 reviews)
Author: Maggie O'Farrell
ISBN: 9780385349420

This Must Be the Place

A novel

by Maggie O'Farrell

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First Published:
Jul 19, 2016, 400 pages

Paperback:
May 2017, 400 pages

Book Reviewed by:
Kate Braithwaite
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"'Gun,' Daddy. Say 'gun.'"

"—a gun, without telling me? Without discussing it with me? Don't you see how dangerous that is? What if one of the children—"

My wife turns, her hem swishing through the wet grass. "Isn't it nearly time to leave for your train?"

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