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|title=Instructions for a Heatwave
|author=Maggie O'Farrell
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Exquisite writing, perfect evocation of place, characters you ''know'' and a great story. What more can you ask? Highly recommnededrecommended.
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|website=http://www.maggieofarrell.com/
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|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>0755358783</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=<amazonus>0755358783</amazonus>|aznus=B009P3N29O
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'''2013 Costa Novel Award shortlist'''
In London, in July 1976 it hadn't rained for months. Gardens - if you could call them that any longer - were thick with aphids and what water there was, which was to be consumed or used for washing, came from a standpipe. Robert Riordan told his wife, Gretta, that he was going round the corner to buy a newspaper. This was what he did every morning, but this time he didn't come back. The police weren't interested as the closer they looked the more it was obvious that there was an intention to disappear. Gretta turned to her three adult children for help. But how much help would they - could they - be?
The themes are rather different but if this book appeals to you then we think that you might also enjoy [[Unexpected Lessons in Love by Bernardine Bishop]].
{{amazontext|amazon=0755358783}} {{waterstonestexttoptentext|waterstoneslist=9349914Top Ten Literary Fiction Books of 2013}}
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