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I wanted to like this, but it always felt like something just didn’t gel in the story.
Harriet Purcell works at a hospital in Sydney as an X-ray technician and is in her early - mid-20s (I think), but from the beginning she seemed much more immature than I would have expected - more like an 18 year old (if not younger) at times. This did improve as the story developed, but then she became tedious - either harping on about the tarot cards that her landlady reads or sex (either her lack of it or ho ...more
Harriet Purcell works at a hospital in Sydney as an X-ray technician and is in her early - mid-20s (I think), but from the beginning she seemed much more immature than I would have expected - more like an 18 year old (if not younger) at times. This did improve as the story developed, but then she became tedious - either harping on about the tarot cards that her landlady reads or sex (either her lack of it or ho ...more
Absolutely loved it...a real 'feel good' book! Loved all the characters, especially Harriot Pursell, Mrs Delvecio Schwartz and of course, Flo! Well worth a read.
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Harriet Purcell is 21 and it is 1960 in Sydney and she works as an X-ray technician in a busy Sydney hospital. She is frustrated living at home, sharing a room with her grandmother and not looking forward to a life with her repressive fiancée. She has the opportunity to rent a flat in Kings Cross, which her parents are not happy about. She meets the interesting tenants of the large rooming house, but develops a lovely relationship with her landlady Mrs Delvecchio Schwartz and her mute 4 year old
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Jun 09, 2010
Jesse Dixon
rated it
it was amazing
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Sep 02, 2013
Victoriakor
marked it as to-read
Jun 01, 2015
Jax
marked it as to-read
