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Fair Exchange: Two women. Two lives. One beautiful friendship. Kindle Edition

by Lynne Reid Banks (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 out of 5 stars 182 ratings
A thought-provoking novel from the author of The L-Shaped Room. Perfect for fans of Ali Smith, Jeanette Winterson and Deborah Levy.

Sometimes strangers with little in common can forge a friendship as deep as their difference…

London and Dorset, 1989



Judy Priestman is a hardworking single mother who lives for her political causes and the comradery of her fellow anti-apartheid picketers.

Harriet Marshall is a lonely countryside homemaker trapped in a failing marriage, who seeks comfort in her Catholic faith.

Both women are haunted by traumatic secrets from the past.

And a chance meeting changes their lives forever.

It is the start of an unconventional friendship, a friendship that forces both women to question their beliefs — and ultimately seek the life the other has…

Fair Exchange is a story of hope, redemption and the comfort of female friendship, set in England during the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

“displays a wonderful comic touch… we should have more of her” – Daily Telegraph

“Lynne Reid Banks has that rare gift of evoking a scene or situation in little more than a line” – The Times

“A beautifully crafted novel” – Birmingham Post

“lively… cleverly plotted and extremely readable…” – Mail on Sunday

“a strangely romantic story…” – Good Housekeeping

“This is an enchanting novel of an unlikely friendship.” – New Insight
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  3. Publication date
    September 18, 2019
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Y3VYFBJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapere Books (September 18, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 18, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.0 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 354 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 out of 5 stars 182 ratings

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Lynne Reid Banks

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Lynne Reid Banks is a best-selling author for children and adults. Her classic children's novel 'The Indian in the Cupboard' has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. She was born in London in 1929 and worked as an actress, writer and TV news reporter. Lynne has written thirty books: her first, 'The L-Shaped Room', was published in 1960. She now lives in Dorset, where she continues to write. Lynne says that writing for children comes much more easily than writing for adults. Tony Ross was born in London in 1938. He has worked as an art director at an advertising agency, a graphic designer, a cartoonist, a teacher, a film maker and as a Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic.

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  • B. Bampton
    3.0 out of 5 stars Well written but I didn't like the story.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2023
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    The book is about 2 women who become friends at the garden gate and to all intents and purposes swap life styles. I didn't like Harry at all and I didn't like Judy that much either and that interfered with my enjoyment of the story. There aren't that many characters who add much to the plot. Written some 8 to 10 years after all the political events that the story hangs on, the book felt stale like yesterday's news.
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  • Lucy
    1.0 out of 5 stars Too preachy
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2020
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    The political message is so clunkingly unsubtle, the book is actually unreadable
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