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The First Book of Calamity Leek: A Novel

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"WONDERFULLY STRANGE." --Mark Haddon

"A MASH-UP OF MARGARET ATWOOD AND ROALD DAHL." --Lady Magazine

A beguiling, irresistibly immersive debut novel about sixteen sisters in a walled garden, and what happens to their carefully constructed world when one girl starts asking questions about life outside.


Fourteen-year-old Calamity Leek and her sisters spend their days tending white roses and memorizing the lessons in Aunty’s Appendix, a multi-volume compendium of show tunes, beauty regimens, and ...

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