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Shake!

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January 1967: stuck in a Welsh seaside town, 17-year-old Lily Tempest longs to break free. Her mother's ambitions for her daughters are summed up in one word: marriage. But Lily would rather die. Instead she goads her sisters into reaching …

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January 1967: stuck in a Welsh seaside town, 17-year-old Lily Tempest longs to break free. Her mother's ambitions for her daughters are summed up in one word: marriage. But Lily would rather die. Instead she goads her sisters into reaching for far more than they want for themselves with comic but also dangerous results.

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"January 1967: stuck in a Welsh seaside town, 17-year-old Lily Tempest longs to break free. Her mother's ambitions for her daughters are summed up in one word: marriage. But Lily …"

— Margaret

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