The Locals
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| Originally published | August 8, 2017 |
| Authors | Jonathan Dee |
| Genres | Psychological Fiction |
| Political Fiction | |
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| ID | 2475162 |
About The Locals
A rural, working class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this urgent and inspired novel for our times. Mark Firth is a home builder in Howland, Massachusetts who, after being swindled by a financial advisor, feels opportunity passing him and his family by. . . .
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... We don t know her name or the country she lives in, the hostility and suspicion she receives from The Locals feels almost medieval, but the setting is very modern...
Canada QAnon 'queen' leaves village, but she hasn't gone far
... Experts say The Locals concerns are justified...
Essex surgeon's family claims South Africa police chatted as he lay dying
... " There were a lot of vehicles surrounding the place and a lot of The Locals standing around the area, " Ainah said...
King Charles finds his Seoul food in the suburbs
... Neither seem convincing to some of The Locals...
Mark Steel: Comedian has surgery for throat cancer
... " All seems to be going to plan, due to the magnificent staff at St George s but I have these tubes poking out, so I look like a car in my home town of Swanley that The Locals are syphoning petrol from"...
A tale of two Richmonds: Greggs confuses North Yorkshire market town with town in London
... Close to the bakery in Market Place, one local resident told BBC Look North: " They have made a big boo-boo haven t they? " It s somebody in head office, isn t it, who thinks they know more than The Locals? " Another resident said: " I think there are enough photos of Richmond itself to warrant supporting the North Yorkshire town, as opposed to that lot down south...
Cleveland Pools: Bath's Georgian lido reopens after 40 years
... " We thought they ve done a fantastic job in refurbishing it, and how wonderful for The Locals to have this on their doorstep...
Elephant corridors: The busy trunk routes where locals take care to cross
... Warning signs by the roadside mark out the elephant corridors, so The Locals know to keep clear of their usual paths...
Cleveland Pools: Bath's Georgian lido reopens after 40 years
By Tracey Miller & Dawn LimbuBBC News
The UK's oldest lido has reopened, almost 40 Years after it closed to The Public .
Cleveland Pools in Bath, which first opened in 1815, was saved due to a 20-year campaign led by volunteers and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The attraction was meant to reopen Last Year but.
Tickets for Sunday's free swim were made available Last Weekend and demand was so high The System crashed.
The reopening was organised to coincide with the Jane Austen Festival.
Barbara, from Portsmouth, and Jeanette, from London, were in Bath for The Festival and decided to pay a visit to the refurbished lido.
" We thought they've done a fantastic job in refurbishing it, and how wonderful for The Locals to have this on their doorstep. "
Sally Helvey, who has volunteered at Cleveland Pools for 11 years, said a huge number of people had helped.
" Six hundred children from All the different swim clubs in The City and surrounding area raised £12,500 for us, " She Said .
She added: " I had a swim on Friday and I haven't swam here for 57 years. It's incredibly exciting; you can't really describe it.
" There are so many former swimmers who can now come back Like Me and swim with their grandchildren. "
Jo Membery, who visited The Pool with Her Daughter Lily, said The Experience was " amazing".
" The cleanliness of the water, the freshness, it's actually a really nice temperature, " She Said .
" I thought it might never come off. It was emotional walking down and seeing it All - it's fantastic. "
Source of news: bbc.com