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Shes a queen of words Caitlin MoranIt was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring except a clot of blood creeping up from Teds leg to his brain to kill him as he slept Recently widowed Philly keeps dreaming of her dead husband Ted strange dreams of a paranormal alternate reality why is her new husband Robbie so interested in them He works for a mysterious genetic research company called Portal Inc But what exactly is Robbies job Did he seduce Philly by feeding her experimental new drugs Was Teds death intended Such suspicions make Philly doubt her own sanity yet something about her new marriage doesnt quite ring true Witty unnerving and surreal this is Fay Weldon at her best