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SONGS IN URSA MAJOR

by Emma Brodie (HarperCollins, RRP $37.99) It’s the summer of ‘69, the time of Woodstock, flares and psychedelic prints so bright they could burn your retinas.

Into this hedonistic season of love strolls Jane Quinn, a beautiful blonde musician who cracks the right-time-right-place

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