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    Saw this new book set in Dover.
    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305340/this-nowhere-place/9780241448885.html

    From the author
    https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/why-kent-is-the-new-crime-writing-capital-242943/

    After living in York, the This Nowhere Place writer wanted her second book to highlight the way people attach identity to places.

    Natasha said: "When you're younger you can feel very trapped in a place. But as you grow up, your relationship to that place changes because you understand it and you start to see its beauty. So, the title comes from a 16-year-old's perspective which is obviously a little gloomy.

    "My argument is Dover is not a 'nowhere place' but it gets treated like it. For some reason we have allowed Dover's identity and history to be overshadowed by places like York or Bath or Edinburgh.

    "Dover has just as much history as York but York is crawling with tourists and has a nice pretty bow on it. I felt defensive on Dover's behalf as people seem to just pass through."

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