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Toffee
Toffee | Sarah Crossan
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The astonishing new novel from the incomparable, multi-award-winning and Laureate na ng Sarah Crossan. I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn't who she thinks she is.I am a girl trying to forget. She is a woman trying to remember. Allison has run away from home and with nowhere to live finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an abandoned house. But the house isn't empty. An elderly woman named Marla, with dementia, lives there - and she mistakes Allison for an old friend from her past called Toffee.Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. After all, it means she has a place to stay. There are worse places she could be.But as their bond grows, and Allison discovers how much Marla needs a real friend, she begins to ask herself - where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who am I, really?
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Bookworm04
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What a book that‘s 2 books done this month so far #bookspinbingo what a cracking book 13 is current read on borrow box. 14 is book spin book. Hmmm which to read THE READING LIST or DONT HATE THE PLAYER ???? Completed toffee in 6 days took me 11 hours and 40 minutes over 6 days so deep into the book i completed it. Nice looks like back to reading book a week yay

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Bookworm04
Toffee | Sarah Crossan
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Wow what a journey. So many feelings. Loved it so worth the read and will buy it for my bookshelf as will definitely want to read it all over again. Cracking book

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Bookworm04
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Cracking book so far 1️⃣7️⃣2️⃣ pages in and only picked up Monday started last night. 4 hours 48 minutes last night and tonight not bad. And still reading. Twice this book has kept me up. Last night 2️⃣HOURS 5️⃣4️⃣ mins tonight. 1️⃣ hour 5️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣0️⃣ pages read tonight to whoop from 8️⃣pm-1️⃣0️⃣pm 🇬🇧 time. Stopped for now as keep losing concentration now tired but relaxed ready to go bed soon.

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Bookworm04
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Good read so far 13 pages in and only started it at 8pm uk time :) library reserve to

willaful Sounds intriguing. 1y
willaful LOL, I thought from this the title was “Toffee Sarah.“ My library has it under “Being Toffee.“ 1y
Bookworm04 Yeh there 2 versions think. I was up till 12am reading it started it at 8pm 112 pages in. Working soon so will read tonight 1y
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SarahBradley
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Books 17 & 18 #YApril , two more in verse, with teens in trouble as the theme #poetrymatters

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xc_emma
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Enjoyable easy read. I fell in love with Marla and her story - I didn't want it to end.

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Cathy_J
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I am such a fan of Sarah Crossan. I have read quite a few of her books now and I intend to read them all. She tackles difficult topics so beautifully. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Kazzie
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Quick ready, uplifting story, realistic depiction of dementia

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Curvybookgirl
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Totally not what I expected and quite a quick read. Not much of a story though

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biblio.curator
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A surprisingly powerful story with few words and many emotions ✨