Francesca Peacock

A deadly game of chance: The Story of a Forest, by Linda Grant, reviewed

The fates of members of a Jewish family depend on accidental meetings, the boarding of a ship or the ring of a phone in this complex fable woven from 20th-century history

Linda Grant. [Charlie Hopkinson] 
issue 03 June 2023
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  • The Story of the Forest

    Linda Grant

    Virago, pp. 278, £18

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