The Radleys

The Radleys

2010 • 353 pages

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Average rating3.5

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On a leafy street in the quiet Yorkshire village of Bishopthorpe lives a dysfunctional but happy family. Peter Radley is the village doctor, and his wife Helen is a member of the local book club. Their children Clara and Rowan are experiencing the standard hormonal anguish of adolescence. But Peter and Helen have been keeping from their children a life-changing family secret.

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L'idée est cool, mais trop de longueurs à mon goût (notamment l'amourette entre les 2 ados).

May 22, 2022

At times the theme seems to be about the futility of fighting your true nature, but then, no. Haig chickens out. What's more lame than glittery vampires? Suburban, middle-class vampires fighting to maintain the status quo.

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