The Aunts' House
The Aunts' House
By Elizabeth Stead
Do you accept the life you're given or fight for the life you want?
Sydney, 1942.
Recently orphaned, Angel Martin moves into a boarding house populated by an assortment of eccentric and colourful characters. She's befriended by the gregarious Winifred Varnham - a vision in exotic fabrics - and the numerically gifted Barnaby Grange. But not everyone is kind and her scrimping landlady, Missus Potts, is only the beginning of Angel's troubles.
Angel refuses to accept her fate. She is determined to forge a sense of belonging despite rejection from her two maiden aunts, Clara and Elsa, who blame Angel's mother for their brother's death. Her Sunday visits to the aunts' house by the Bay expand her world in ways she couldn't have imagined.
Elizabeth Stead brings her classic subversive wit and personal insight to this nostalgic portrait of wartime Sydney. In Angel Martin, she has created a singular and irrepressible character. A true original.
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BOOK DETAILS
BOOK DETAILS
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780702260353
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Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Number of pages: 288
Width (mm): 152
Height (mm): 225
Depth (mm): 22
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