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IT was moving to Crail, a picturesque Scottish fishing village in coastal Fife, which inspired Sarah Rogerson to start writing her new children’s book series, “The Cats Of Crail”. Having relocated fro

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by Harriet Lane (£20, HB, Orion) What lies beneath the image we construct of ourselves? Ruth, newly divorced and drifting as her daughter leaves home, feels invisible – until Sookie, her dazzling form