Anne Tyler: Celestial Navigation [1996] paperback HBFIC Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived

Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same mansion block in London for decades

Johnny Mains dives into the archives to unearth a hoard of twenty-one enthralling tales imbued with elements of Celtic folklore

and motherhood

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- Illustrations depict sights such as the imposing Capitolio in Havana

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