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The authors are sisters. They grew up in Kenya, but one now lives in France and the other in Ireland. I'm always wary of joint efforts at writing fiction but it seems to have worked well in this case and the book is very readable.
''A Durable Fire'' is the sequel to [[''Blood Sisters]]''. It's not necessary to have read the earlier book to enjoy this one. I wasn't aware of the earlier book and never found myself wondering what might have gone on in the past. In fact, given that this book is 576 pages long and the earlier one 608, it might be that reading both is a little too much of a good thing. There were times in the later book when I found myself skimming pages and I think a few editorial cuts would have improved the story.
My thanks to the publishers, Harvill Secker for sending us this book.
