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Groping And Growing

Kate Grimond THE FLIGHT OF THE MAIDENS by Jane Gardam Chatto, £15.99, pp. 278 T hree clever girls entering adulthood, emerging from the war, all learn that they have won state......

Books

Pretending not to pretend Philip Hensher ALL HAIL THE NEW PURITANS edited by Matt Thorne and Nicholas Blincoe Fourth Estate, £10, pp. 204 H ere is an anthology of stories by......