EAN: 9781838851248

A ROOM MADE OF LEAVES - KATE GRENVILLE KARTONIE...

*NEW NOVEL RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024* FROM THE
BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN'S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE
WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION It is 1788. When twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth
marries the arrogant and hot-headed soldier John Macarthur  she soon realises she has made a
terrible mistake. Forced to travel with him to New South Wales  she arrives to find Sydney Town
a brutal  dusty  hungry place of makeshift shelters  failing crops  scheming and rumours. All
her life she has learned to fold herself up small. Now  in the vast landscapes of an unknown
continent  Elizabeth has to discover a strength she never imagined  and passions she could
never express. Inspired by the real life of a remarkable woman  this is an extraordinarily rich
beautifully wrought novel of resilience  courage and the mystery of human desire.

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