Excerpt from Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: Hideous Kinky
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: Esther Freud
ISBN: 9780140174120

Hideous Kinky

A Novel

by Esther Freud

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First Published:
Jan 1, 1993, 192 pages

Paperback:
Feb 1999, 192 pages

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Danielle McClellan
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- Literary Fiction
- Africa
- Northern & Western Africa
- 1960s & '70s
- Parenting & Families
- Adult Books From Child's Perspective
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'Another one!' She looked amazed, but no one could have been more amazed than me.

Esther Freud, February 2022

Excerpted from Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud. Copyright © 1999 by Esther Freud. Excerpted by permission of Ecco. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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