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Roxane stays behind and marries Dick, a man of Mrs. Wheeler’s choosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Meg’s independence grows, Dick suddenly appears in London for work. 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With her best friend, Roxane, she moves from secondary school to a preppy art college in Oxford. Under the watchful eye of Roxane’s mother, Mrs. Wheeler, the two girls flourish in Oxfordian society. But Meg constantly longs for more. Not content to stay in Oxford, she finds a job in London. Roxane stays behind and marries Dick, a man of Mrs. Wheeler’s choosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Meg’s independence grows, Dick suddenly appears in London for work. Representing a connection to her past, Meg and Dick’s friendship flourishes, blurring the lines of loyalty between what is and what was in a way that changes life for these three friends forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs sharp and startling now as when it was written, \u003ci\u003eDon’t Look at Me Like That\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching and candid book of love and betrayal that encapsulates Diana Athill’s gift of storytelling at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;"}
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