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|author= AJill Ciment
|title= Act of God
|rating= 4.5
|genre= General Fiction
|summary=''Act of God'' is a story about two ageing twins who find a worrying mushroom growing in their cupboard, a landlady searching for the spotlight and a Russian immigrant whose greatest fear is insignificance. What the insurance company describes as an act of God brings their already overlapped, Brooklyn lives in to sharper focus. What do you do when disaster threatens? Is it survival of the fittest or should we love thy neighbour?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782272119</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Anthony Ryan
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780894651</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=T S Eliot and Arthur Robins
|summary=Looking back, one of the first games I've played with every baby I've encountered is the one where you hide behind your hands and then appear surprised when you drop them and see the baby. It never fails to get a smile. (I know - it was probably wind...) Macavity has perfected the game, because - wherever you look - he's not there. Here at Bookbag Towers we loved [[Macavity,the Mystery Cat by T S Eliot and Arthur Robins|the full version]] of T S Eliot's poem, but what about the very youngest children - the ones who really love the idea of someone - or something - not being where you expect them to be?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571328636</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Simon Mayo
|title=Blame
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=''A small hand in hers. 'Is it our fault?' Abi said nothing.'' These tender words show the situation. Ant (a teenaged girl) and Mattie (her younger brother) are innocent and in a prison – HMP London, no less. Since the death of the EU and a huge, all-conquering recession, people are being imprisoned left, right and centre for the crimes of their parents and their parents in turn, meaning anyone with any slightly dodgy firm or habit in their family that might have taken money away from the common good is having their children imprisoned. And even though Ant and Mattie are ''legitimately'' in there, due to their parents' activities, they've since been adopted by people who have themselves been accused and imprisoned, thus making them real tabloid-fodder as the worst criminal family in Britain. Surely, then, there's no hope?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0552569070</amazonuk>
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