A novel of astonishing grace and devastating emotional power that will make your heart ache. Charlotte is left wondering if there is anywhere she belongs and how far she'll go to find her way home. Arriving in Perth, the southern sun shines a harsh light and slowly reveals that this new life is not the answer either was hoping for. A brochure slipped through the letterbox gives him the answer: 'Australia brings out the best in you.' Before she has a chance to realise what it will mean, Charlotte is travelling to the other side of the world. Her husband, Henry, wants things to be as they were and can't face the thought of another English winter. With motherhood, with the changes marriage and parenthood bring, with losing the time and the energy to paint. a literary tour de force' - Australian Women's Weekly 'the precision and flair of the writing is breathtaking' - Weekend Australian 'an insightful, exquisitely observed novel' - The Guardian CAMBRIDGE, 1963 Charlotte is struggling.
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