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An Alligator Named Daisy
UNITED KINGDOM · 1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

J. Lee Thompson
unlikely pet ownership romance cross-cultural romance personal transformation Irish setting
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Synopsis

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.

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