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from Faradaydon

Lyrical memories

from Johnny1978

Probably the most flawlessly structured novel I have ever read: there is not a single word of this beautiful book that is uneccessary. The novel tells the story of Nora - her return to her childhood home as an elderly woman triggers memories of her repressive upbringing in pre war Brisbane, her d...

from stillatim

As a GR friend has said, the writing feels awkward at the start of the novel, but settles down reasonably quickly, and thereafter is a pleasure to read. It's also a fine technical feat: two parallel narratives, one of Nora in the let's call it present, and then the how did she get to be in this p...

from Sneakysmum

Well written memories of an older woman who returns to her roots.

from lauralkeet

Nora Porteous returns to her childhood home after being away nearly 40 years. Well into in her 70s, Nora is somewhat frail. The long journey from London to Sydney to northern Australia wears her out; she becomes ill and is cared for by neighbors who were children when she left. As she moves in an...