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|author=Hazel Gaynor
|title=A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers
|rating=4.5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=The year is 1876 and two little orphaned flower girls wander barefoot through the crowded London streets selling posies of violets to the people passing by. The older sister, Florrie, walks with a stick for support, but keeps a tight grip on her little sister's hand at all times. Rosie, 'little sister', is blind and views eight-year-old Florrie as her 'little mother' The two are inseparable and share a deep bond that carries them through the hardships they face on a daily basis. Everything changes one fateful day when Florrie has her stick knocked from beneath her and little Rosie is snatched by one of the 'bad men'. Florrie searches frantically for Rosie, but she seems to have vanished. As the years pass, Florrie never gives up her search, eventually dying of a broken heart.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0062316893</amazonuk>
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The Swimmer begins in 1980, with a bombing in Damascus, and a tragedy that can be felt across decades.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781859175</amazonuk>
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