(Fourth Estate, 2001).
Netley’s vast Victorian hospital stood for one hundred years of history, its traumatic, gothic story echoing out through personal memoir and collective memory.
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Herring Cove: sharing the lagoon with half a dozen grey seals, swimming languidly in the sun, swallows and cormorants flying over our heads.
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