“Gina turned the car off the road and into the driveway of Allersmead. At this point she seemed to see her entire life flash by. As the drowning are said to do. She thought of this, and that the genuinely drowning can never have been recorded on the matter.”
‘Family Album’ by Penelope Lively
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Try one of these 1st paras & discover a new author:-
‘The Ghost’ by Robert Harris
‘Armadillo’ by William Boyd
‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov

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