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A Scattering of Daisies
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You enjoy character-driven domestic fiction with emotional depth. You appreciate slow-revealed secrets and layered family dynamics.
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You want fast-paced plots or plot-driven thrillers. You prefer minimal interior psychology and more action. You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
Summary
Susan Sallis follows a woman whose long-hidden secrets and tangled relationships resurface, forcing reckonings across love, grief and family in a richly observed suburban life.
Edition on file: 2000 • Corgi • 352 pages • ISBN 9780552123754.
Why this book now
A timely meditation on how memory, small communities and hidden choices shape present relationships and emotional repair.
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Reading commitment
Balanced Moderate time
At about 350 pages, expect a steady, immersive read that rewards patient attention to character nuance rather than quick plot turns.
What stands out here
This Corgi edition highlights Sallis's subtle prose and the book's emotional realism—an intimate portrait of consequences and tenderness.
Best way to approach it
Read slowly, letting small details accumulate: savor interior scenes and interactions to appreciate the novel's layered revelations.
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