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Stef Penney, COSTA WINNING AUTHOR of THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES, returns to the Arctic with `A dazzling tale of romance & survival` (Guardian.) Perfect for fans of THE ESSEX SERPENT & TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD. `[ Penney writes] with a persuasive & appealing hunger... there is a touch of Donna Tartt here` The Times` In the masterfully evoked Arctic landscape & in her depictions of sex... she finds her true, dazzling stride` Guardian Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. In 1889, the whaler`s daughter from Dundee
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