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Publication date 2010 topics eighteenth century fiction, sibling rivalry fiction, nuns fiction, eighteenth. Aided by a loyal servant, an irascible portraitpainter, a young doctor obsessed with skin, a warhorse of a. Michelle lovric discussed holy anorexia and convent life in venice and peru with jenni murray on womans hour, to mark the publication of the book of human skin in april, 2010. Michelle lovric is the author of three novels carnevale, the floating book winner of a london arts award and chosen as a wh smith read of the week and the remedy longlisted for the 2005 orange prize for fiction as well as two childrens novels, the undrowned child and the mourning emporium.
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