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The Canal House
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Andrea
I'm so glad to have found this exquisite little gem of a book. It's a great story, with characters I truly believed could be real people, and it made me care so much about them. I'll definitely be seeking out Mark Lee's other adult fiction novel.

Somewhat unusually, this is the story of American journalist Daniel McFarland, narrated alternately by the two people who grew to know him best and love him most. Perhaps this has been done before but I can't think of an example. It's remarkable for how
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