If ''This Perfect World'' piques your interest, you might also enjoy [[The Eyrie by Stevie Davies]], which is also about the effect of the past upon the present. We also love [[After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell]], told in a series of flashbacks. [[The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall]] is an entirely different book, but it has comments to make about gender that may strike a chord.
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