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|author=Sahar Delijani
|title=Children of the Jacaranda Tree
|rating=4
|genre=Crime
|summary=Azar is in labour and about to give birth to her first child. Elsewhere she'd be looking forward to medical care for as long as she needs it and a good chance of a safe delivery. But this is Iran in 1983 and Azar is in the notorious Evin Prison for daring to believe in something different from the government. Amil saves date stones to make into a bracelet for his little baby as she grows into a child without him; he too is incarcerated. Even those on the outside need to be wary of what they say or do as Laila discovers when hair falls over her face while she's out walking. This isn’t the brave new world that the revolution was meant to provide, however it is the world in which they, their children and children's children will need to survive.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0297869027</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Helen Smith
|summary=Back in January, Lacey Flint very nearly [[Dead Scared by S J Bolton|threw herself off a tower]]. Now it's February and she is on extended leave and talking to a counsellor. Whether she is trying to convince the psyche-doctor that she is fit for work or that she isn't, isn't entirely clear. Maybe it's not clear to Flint either.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0593069161</amazonuk>
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