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Perfect Fools

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This is the story of a woman, born with a hair-lip in London, who lost both parents in World War II. She was shut in a room from birth until she was 7 because of her lip, then went to live with an uncle. The book tells of her life from age 35 until the present, how she learned to love and live a normal life. I especially liked the way the book made me feel that I was reading the words of some one telling me their life story. Nothing seemed contrived, all of the characters actions and decisions seemed real. I enjoyed reading this book and was anxious to keep reading to see how her life turned out.

Sarah Breswick, born with a harelip & mistreated as a child, has carved out a backwater life for herself and is content if not totally happy. Then she meets free-wheeling Simon Fitzgerald, an openly bisexual man, and they find themselves drawn together. Their relationship proves beneficial to both of them: she gains the confidence to get her final reconstruction surgery and venture out of her cocoon, and he finds a new security and steadiness that allows his acting career to finally take off. This is a "quiet" character driven romance of the old school and lacks the torrid sex scenes that have become so formulaic in today's romances. The author has a deft hand with details and relationships that keeps the reader coming back for more.