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    The Ant Colony

    Written by Jenny Valentine

    Narrated by Garreth Cassidy and Helen Longworth

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    An irresistible new novel from Guardian-award-winning novelist, Jenny Valentine.

    Number 33 Georgiana Street houses many people and yet seems home to none. To runaway Sam it is a place to disappear. To Bohemia, it's just another blip between crises, as her mum ricochets off the latest boyfriend. Old Isobel acts like she owns the place, even though it actually belongs to Steve in the basement, who is always looking to squeeze in yet another tenant. Life there is a kind of ordered chaos. Like ants, they scurry about their business, crossing paths, following their own tracks, no questions asked.

    But it doesn't take much to upset the balance. Dig deep enough and you'll find that everyone has something to hide…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateSep 2, 2010
    ISBN9780007377343
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    The Ant Colony
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    Jenny Valentine

    Jenny Valentine worked in a food shop for fifteen years, where she met many extraordinary people and sold more organic bread than there are words in her first book. She studied English literature at Goldsmith's College, which almost made her stop reading but not quite. Her debut novel, Me, the Missing, and the Dead, won the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in the UK under the title Finding Violet Park. Jenny is married to a singer/songwriter and has two children. She lives in Hay on Wye, England.

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