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She writes regularly for the guardian, the observer, and the daily telegraph. What i think put me off was the tragedy because it felt like it was multiplied by three and, told in third person, it felt like the tragedies were events. And then there is david, evas thenlover, an ambitious actor who loves eva deeply. Oct 01, 2015 book club questions for the versions of us by laura barnett part of the richard and judy spring 2016 bookclub. She has been on staff at the guardian and the daily telegraph, and is now a freelance arts journalist and features writer, working for the guardian, the observer, and time out london, as well as several other national newspapers and magazines. Widely touted as sliding doors meets one day, the versions of us by laura barnett tells the story of eva edelstein and jim taylor who meet as undergraduates at cambridge university in the late 1950s. In the first chapter, eva bumps into her future husband jim in 1958 when she punctures her bike tyre on a nail and he stops to help. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the versions of us. The versions of us is an outstanding debut novel about the choices we make and the different paths that our lives might follow. The versions of us by laura barnett by orionbooks published on 20150518t. And, most crucially, what if an author decided it was a good idea to tell three versions of the same story.
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