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Ken, an ageing writer, returns to Melbourne from Venice to find a new addition to his neighbourhood, a smart pastry shop called Figlia Fiorentino. The proprietor is an attractive middle-aged dark woman: North African, he assumes. Ken's life appears to be in limbo; his wife has died and he shares the family home with his 38-year-old daughter, professionally but not emotionally successful. His most recent novel, The Farewell, was to be his last. One day at the local baths he observes a middle-aged Australian man playing with a young child, obviously his daughter yet much darker in complexion. He has seen them at the pastry shop. They strike up a conversation and so a friendship begins......
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