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Susan’s Bookshelves: Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins

Astrid is an elderly actress who hasn’t worked for decades but has played the National and the RSC in big roles. Today she lives, with a woman she usually calls Mrs Baker and three dogs, in a draughty cottage attached to a delapidated Sussex windmill. There is no money for anything much and certainly none […]

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Susan’s Bookshelves: Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins

Astrid is an elderly actress who hasn’t worked for decades but has played the National and the RSC in...

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