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Cuban Heels
Cuban Heels | Emily Barr
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Maggie moves to Brighton after splitting up with her long-term boyfriend, and, unable to find a job, starts work as a lapdancer. Failing to make any new friends, she writes letters compulsively, and the highlight of her day is the sound of the morning post being delivered. Maggie gradually becomes obsessed with the married couple, Libby and David, living next door. Libby has given up work after having a baby, and is finding life as a full-time mother very difficult. Just as she persuades David that she should return to work, he is asked to take a sabbatical from his management-consultant job. He's always longed to travel, and convinces Libby that they should spend six months in Cuba, learning Spanish. Maggie, deciding she too wants to travel, follows them to Havana, where the horrors of her past - in particular her young sister's violent death - begin to haunt her. And as Maggie starts to break down, she tries to take over Libby's life...
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Cuban Heels | Emily Barr
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I've just stumbled upon a few books by this #newtome author that sound pretty good. Can they possibly be THIS good though?? 🤔💰

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Cuban Heels | Emily Barr
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Creepy creepy story. Makes you never want to use a baby monitor! Fantastic descriptions of life in Cuba during the Castro era and an important lesson on just how of the rails life can go when you suppress your past. I never really warmed to Mags, even at the end. In fact, most of the central characters were hard to like. Supporting characters (Luis and family, Elena, Mag's sister) help you realise there are some nice people in the story too!