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The Taxi Driver's Daughter

by Julia Darling · 2003

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When her mother is sent to prison for three months for assaulting a policeman with a stiletto shoe, fifteen-year-old Caris goes gently off the rails. This novel blends the gritty and the everyday with the evocative and the enchanting, to create an original, inventive and often moving portrayal of family ties, suburban life, love and growing up.

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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNorthern EnglandNorthern EnglandMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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