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In 2010, Mason became a co-founder of
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at the centre of the drama. What no one knows is that Joan McAllister is having the time of her life, as dementia's hallucinations allow her to revisit her past and the vitality of her youth. The characters in this "immensely readable magnum opus"
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Pick of the Month, the story of a dashing young man's adventures through the gilded age, is "the best new work of fiction to cross my desk in many moons." (Jonathan
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and the parts they played in the death of a dear friend. The critics' response was enthusiastic. As
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Mason's work for disadvantaged South
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