Wide Open
- ISBN-10
- 000743572X
- ISBN-13
- 9780007435722
- Series
- Wide Open
- Category
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Nicola Barker
Description
'Wide Open' is about stripping off layers of prejudice and lies, about the possibility of redemption, about laying bare the truth. It is also about coming to terms with the past, and the fantasies people construct to protect their inner selves.
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- 2015-09-01
- 296 pages
- Ebook
- New Harbinger Publications
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