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Rachel Elliott: Flamingo: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022, an exquisite novel of kindness and hope [2022] paperback Condition:New is at the centre ofA novel of love, homelessness, and learning to be fearless In the garden, there were three flamingos. Not real flamingos, but real emblems, real gateways to a time when life was impossibly good. They were mascots, symbols of hope. Something for a boy to confide in. First, there were the flamingos. And then there were two families. Sherry and Leslie and their daughters, Rae and Pauline and Eve and her son Daniel. Sherry loves her husband, Leslie. She