Alex Peake-Tomkinson

Too close to home: Nonfiction, by Julie Myerson, reviewed

Myerson again addresses the devastating effect on a family of drug addiction – this time in a deeply personal novel

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  • Nonfiction: A Novel

    Julie Myerson

    Corsair, pp. 288, £14

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