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“A fantastic debut, active and color, as a thriller.”—GuardianIn propulsive this memorable debut novel concerning the suffering, pleasure, and periodic beauty of youth, two women are established on an unthinkable route. Ruined but psychologically forgotten Gemma, who seemingly have everything, and semi-feral Pauline, who has significantly less than nothing, are two different five-year-old women growing up in a difficult Yorkshire city in the 1970s. Pauline dreams about the easy luxuries of Gemma’s existence: her clear hair and her neatly-folded clothes. Gemma, annoyed by her parents’ separation, loses himself in dreams of achieving the kid tv celebrity Lallie Paluza.