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'I needed someone I could trust. Someone others would trust. Someone with no criminal record. With no previous involvement. A cleanskin. Someone to come over, do the job, and go home ...
'Some days, even Halley can't find the person she once was. She's changed her name and no one - least of all her husband and son - knows of her past. No one except Aidan, who turns up one day in her small Australian town and shatters the faCade she's built so carefully.
'Aidan is on a mission. But why is he still taking orders from his brother in an English jail - at the cost of his own happiness?
'When Aidan forces Halley to face what she's done, what they discover not only changes their understanding of what happened back then, it changes everything now.
'Laura Bloom deftly goes to the dark heart of The Troubles to explore the lingering damage wrought by sectarian conflict on communities, families and individuals. Based on real events, The Cleanskin is a story of intense human relationships with a cast of flawed and entirely believable characters.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For my grandparents Mary Gallagher, Anders Bastian, Nancy Macdonald and Alton Budd.
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Works about this Work
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Laura Bloom, The Cleanskin (The Author People, 2016)
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'How irresistible to review a novel that shares an almost identical title with your own: Cleanskin (2006), but in any case, Laura Bloom’s very accomplished third novel The Cleanskin differs from mine in subject and style.' (Introduction) -
Troubles That Won’t Let You Be
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 October 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of The Cleanskin 2016 single work novel
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Troubles That Won’t Let You Be
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 October 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of The Cleanskin 2016 single work novel -
Laura Bloom, The Cleanskin (The Author People, 2016)
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'How irresistible to review a novel that shares an almost identical title with your own: Cleanskin (2006), but in any case, Laura Bloom’s very accomplished third novel The Cleanskin differs from mine in subject and style.' (Introduction)