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User Review - Fliss88 - LibraryThingAunts Up The Cross more than lived up to it's famous opening paragraph! Eccentric, funny, honest and a down to earth gem, it had me smiling most of the time, shaking my head occasionally, and laughing ... Read full review
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User Review - TheWasp - LibraryThingThe author's story of life growing up as part of a large , reasonably well off, eccentric family in Kings Cross in Sydney around the 1930s. I found the story jumped around a fair bit and with so many ... Read full review
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