Finding a book
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Last week I was on holiday in Marrakech. Before I went away I loaded a book on to my kindle but when I arrived in Marrakech I realised I had only got the sample. I was unable to get the rest of it to download so I was disappointed as I had been looking forward to reading it. The day after I arrived was my birthday and I noticed a small collection of books in the reception area of the hotel that had been left by other guests. Only a few were in English, they were mainly French. I picked up a book and much to my surprise it was the book I had been trying to download. It was printed over 20 years ago so by no means on the best seller list. Did someone leave me an unexpected birthday present, I wonder? I will add that the book Hideous Kinky, is set in Marrakeck so I expect this lowers the odss of the book being there slightly but I still think it is a strange coincidence that I should find it before someone else did and it was the very book I wanted to read on my holiday.
Date submitted:Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:57:10 +0000Coincidence ID:8350
