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Fiona dwells on this original abandonment. She thinks about it when she wakes up with strange men, when she gets too drunk and sad, when all the people in town start to resemble sharks, preying on her. She keeps getting involved with bad men and, as the novel opens, she has been kicked out of her uncle's house after her boyfriend's arrest for selling drugs. Fiona Range is the story of her attempts to clean her life up, find love in the midst of loneliness and confusion and balance in the midst of seemingly insurmountable emotional chaos.
Morris, whose previous books include Songs in Ordinary Time, skillfully paints Fiona as a woman toughened by loneliness. Often she feels that she is beyond pain, that she can't possibly feel much more than she has endured already: "Fiona Range's teeth had been filled without novocaine, her wounds stitched without anaesthesia, her heart broken too many times to count. Once as a child she fell from a tree and broke her arm but didn't tell her aunt until hours later when her favourite show had ended. Yet while she is often invulnerable, she is also fragile and needy. In Morris's skillful hands Fiona comes vibrantly to life--a crabby, lusty woman who hopes the fates will give her a break. --Ellen Williams
’As readable as its heroine is compulsive, this is the kind of book that makes you stay up half the night.’ New Yorker
'Sharp dialogue, some excellent characters and good observation ... A funny and attractive read.' The Times
'Notable for its emotional intensity. Morris's attention is unflinching. She can bring the ordinary to life with the sheer clarity of her vision. Extraordinary.' New York Times
'Gutsy wayward and golden-hearted Fiona – a direct descendant of Jo March – holds the attention.' Sunday Times
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