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|author=Alison Moore
|title=The Pre-War House and other short stories
|rating=4.5
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=Alison Moore's ''Pre-War House'' is a collection of 24 short stories, only three of which are original to this collection, but most were first published in the last couple of years and, unless you are a an avid reader of ''The New Writer'' they will probably all be new to you. Moore's themes tend to concentrate on fairly dark characters, usually with a hidden secret, and more often than not dealing with the past and frequently some kind of personal loss or anguish. If you enjoyed Moore's Booker Prize shortlisted [[The Lighthouseby Alison Moore|The Lighthouse]], you will find plenty to enjoy here as most of the stories have a similar hauntingly sad feel to them. With one possible exception, a very short piece called ''The Yacht Man'' which did nothing for me, the stories are beautifully judged and equally satisfying, often saving a final hit or a surprise until the end of the pieces.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907773509</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Robert Walser
|summary=Married Love is Tessa Hadley’s second collection, containing twelve short stories looking at (mostly) modern relationships and family dynamics – many are about parents and their grown up children and in-laws, others are about couples. Flicking through the book to choose some of the best and/or most interesting stories to mention, I have found a difficulty. Almost all of these incisive, witty stories reveal an interesting group of characters I would like to know more about after the end, sometimes from several different viewpoints, and it is hard to pick out just a few.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224096427</amazonuk>
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