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(From Sunday Life)
CALLING MR LONELY HEARTS Laura Benedict,
Arrow Books, GBP7.99.
In Cincinnati, Ohio, 13-year-olds Roxanne, Del and Alice perform a ritual to summon up a lover.
They think their new teacher, Cuban-born Romero is that man.
Roxanne successfully seduces him, then persuades the others to lie and say he acted inappropriately towards them. Romero is defrocked, fired and leaves Ohio humiliated.
Seventeen years later he returns seeking vengeance.
Roxanne is an artist consumed by her work, Alice is left by her husband for his pregnant girlfriend and Del is trying to be the perfect wife and stepmother.
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