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What is there left to say about this book? it is about two dysfunctional families, both struck by their own share of tragedy, sharing an old house with a personality of its own. It's also about the contrasts between them, one believes in hard work, the other doesn't, one is religious while the other believes in luck- usually bad. Each of the characters grows and changes over the time span of the book, and although the moments of magical realism can be a bit jarring they are quite acceptable in t
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A novel about two Australian families in hard times who end up sharing the same building in Perth. Set around WWII and going up into the 60s. Had an element of magical realism in some chapters. Got better as it went along. Lots of old Aussie slang and language.
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