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|title=Glow
|author=Ned Beauman
|rating=3.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Ned Beauman has made quite a name for himself in just a few short years. In 2013, when ''Granta'' lauded him as one of their Best Young British Novelists, he had already published two novels, [[Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman|Boxer, Beetle]] (shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Desmond Elliott Prize) in 2010 and [[The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman|The Teleportation Accident]] (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize) in 2012.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444765515</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|title=Bhalla Strand
|summary=''The Lemon Grove'' is not the book I expected it to be. No better no worse, just not what I expected. Set in Mallorca, it is the tale of a summer in the sunshine, but though they’ve holidayed at this villa for years, this summer is a bit different for Jenn and Greg. There are lots of things in this book that are a bit quirky, and the holiday set up is just one of them: the couple are joined by Greg’s daughter (Jen’s step-daughter) and her boyfriend. It’s not wildly unconventional in the real world, but for one reason or another it’s the sort of chaotic set up many authors wouldn’t bother to create. And yet as you read this book you wonder why, because it adds a dynamic that is definitely different, and in a good way.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472212088</amazonuk>
}}
