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    Fair Exchange
    Fair Exchange
    Fair Exchange
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    Fair Exchange

    By Jennifer Smethurst

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    Winner of the S&S/WI short story competition.

    A homeless man walks into a charity shop - his life has gone wrong and he doesn't know how to fix it.

    A woman is working at the charity shop after the death of her father. She is at a crossroads in her life and is unsure which way to go next.

    Here in this charity shop their lives meet and cross over in the most unexpected of ways.

    Fair Exchange is a short story about a secret and about the truth that lies beneath the surface of us all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateDec 19, 2013
    ISBN9781471134142
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      Fair Exchange - Jennifer Smethurst

      First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2013

      A CBS COMPANY

      Copyright © Jennifer Smethurst 2013

      This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.

      No reproduction without permission.

      ® and © 1997 Simon & Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

      The right of Jennifer Smethurst to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

      Simon & Schuster UK Ltd

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