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Fiction book review
The Daughters of Mars
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  1. Catriona Gunn
  1. Specialty Doctor, Chalmers Centre, Edinburgh, UK; Catriona.Gunn@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2014-101069

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    Thomas Keneally. London, UK: Sceptre, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0-340-95188-0. Price; £8.99. Pages: 528 (paperback)

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