Caroline Moorehead

Wishful thinking: Leaving, by Roxana Robinson, reviewed

Two former college sweethearts meet by chance in their sixties and fall in love again. But the trouble it causes makes a happy ending impossible

Roxana Robinson. [Credit: Beowulf Sheehan] 
issue 24 February 2024
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  • Leaving

    Roxana Robinson

    Magpie Books, pp. 344, £16

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