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Edwards peers and admirers always thought that he had an easy and fortunate life, probably because of his modest personality and good looks. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Oct 14, 1976 originally published in 1977, jane gardam s bilgewater is an affectionate and complex renderinginminiature of the discomforts of growing up and first love seen through the eyes of inimitable marigold green, an awkward, eccentric, highly intelligent girl. Fans of jane gardam can trace her origins as an author all the way to black faces, white faces, a book that jane had published in 1975. For jane gardam fans, this new reprint of her novel bilgewater will be a delight, almost as good as old filth.
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