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Fiction

Little White Secrets by Catherine Jinks

by Katherine England
September 1997, no. 194

Little White Secrets by Catherine Jinks

Penguin $16.95 pb, 352 pp

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Catherine Jinks’ new novel reminds us that humans are great pigeonholers: we like to know where everything (everyone) fits, to be able to pop them in the right slot, slap the right label on the front and relax, secure in the knowledge that our future reactions are safely prescribed by the parameters of the pigeonhole to which we have consigned them.

 


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Little White Secrets by Catherine Jinks

Penguin $16.95 pb, 352 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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