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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
August 28, 2015
Pages
352
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780733633782
ISBN-10
0733633781
Original list price
$31.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: âAn exquisite meditation on motherhood, marriage and the meaning of home.â âThe New York Times
In the tradition of The Hours and Revolutionary Road comes a âbeautifully written and atmosphericâ (Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites) novel set in England, Australia, and India in the early 1960s.
Cambridge, 1963. Charlotte is struggling. With motherhood, with the changes brought on by marriage and parenthood, with never having the time or energy to paint. Her husband, Henry, cannot face the thought of another English winter. A brochure slipped through the mailboxâAustralia brings out the best in youâgives him an idea.
Charlotte is too worn out to resist, and before she knows it they are traveling to the other side of the world. But upon their arrival in Perth, the southern sun shines a harsh light on the couple and gradually reveals that their new life is not the answer either was hoping for. Charlotte barely recognizes herself in this place where she is no longer a promising young artist, but instead a lonely housewife venturing into the murky waters of infidelity. Henry, an Anglo-Indian, is slowly ostracized at the university where he teaches poetry. Subtle at first, the ostracism soon invades his entire sense of identity.
Trapped by nostalgia, Charlotte and Henry are both left wondering if there is any place in this world where they truly belong. Which of them will make the attempt to find out? Who will succeed?
âAn exquisite and clear-eyed story of the ambiguities of love and creativity, motherhood and migrationâ¦Itâs a thing of beauty and honesty, as big as the whole unmoored world, and as particular as a familyâs moments and moods,â (Ashley Hay, author of The Railwaymanâs Wife).
In the tradition of The Hours and Revolutionary Road comes a âbeautifully written and atmosphericâ (Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites) novel set in England, Australia, and India in the early 1960s.
Cambridge, 1963. Charlotte is struggling. With motherhood, with the changes brought on by marriage and parenthood, with never having the time or energy to paint. Her husband, Henry, cannot face the thought of another English winter. A brochure slipped through the mailboxâAustralia brings out the best in youâgives him an idea.
Charlotte is too worn out to resist, and before she knows it they are traveling to the other side of the world. But upon their arrival in Perth, the southern sun shines a harsh light on the couple and gradually reveals that their new life is not the answer either was hoping for. Charlotte barely recognizes herself in this place where she is no longer a promising young artist, but instead a lonely housewife venturing into the murky waters of infidelity. Henry, an Anglo-Indian, is slowly ostracized at the university where he teaches poetry. Subtle at first, the ostracism soon invades his entire sense of identity.
Trapped by nostalgia, Charlotte and Henry are both left wondering if there is any place in this world where they truly belong. Which of them will make the attempt to find out? Who will succeed?
âAn exquisite and clear-eyed story of the ambiguities of love and creativity, motherhood and migrationâ¦Itâs a thing of beauty and honesty, as big as the whole unmoored world, and as particular as a familyâs moments and moods,â (Ashley Hay, author of The Railwaymanâs Wife).
Editions
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from Gardners Books (August 28, 2015)
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About: âAn exquisite meditation on motherhood, marriage and the meaning of home.
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