Janina is a London based writer from New Zealand. She is ill equipped to deal with domestic concerns and almost always kills her plants. She will never get used to Christmas being cold.
Of Things Gone Astray by Janina Matthewson
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Of Things Gone Astray is Janina Matthewson’s debut novel, and it is charming and heartfelt magical realism. Using short chapters that cycle through different character perspectives, Matthewson tells the story of several people who have lost something of value to them,
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