Agnes Owens is the author of the novels Gentlemen of the West, Like Birds in the Wilderness, A Working Mother, and For the Love of Willie, shortlisted for the 1998 Stakis Prize. She is also the author of the short-story collection People Like That.
‘"Bloody well wake up!" Maureen's mother called to her -daughter, who slept in the kitchen bed recess.’
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