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‘I’m going to get Connie to help with the grafting,’ Joseph said to Flora. The child needed to learn peacefulness; she was a torrent of tides smashing against each other, sending her off in all different directions at the same time. He worried that if she didn’t learn calmness she would be swept away and drown.”
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1939. Connie Starr is a devilish five-year-old who snoops, eavesdrops, and watches people from a high branch in the family’s unusually tall lemon tree. At ...more
‘I’m going to get Connie to help with the grafting,’ Joseph said to Flora. The child needed to learn peacefulness; she was a torrent of tides smashing against each other, sending her off in all different directions at the same time. He worried that if she didn’t learn calmness she would be swept away and drown.”
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1939. Connie Starr is a devilish five-year-old who snoops, eavesdrops, and watches people from a high branch in the family’s unusually tall lemon tree. At ...more
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Connie Starr was born to parents, Joseph and Flora, in 1934 Australia in the small town of Ballarat, Victoria. Connie was Flora’s first child as she was Joseph’s second wife and he had three children from his first marriage – Danny, Lydia and Thom. Joseph was a Baptist minister and Flora was the perfect wife and companion for him. But when Connie entered their lives, life changed for the family.
As time moved forward and the family members grew, war came to Australia with the attack on Darwin. T ...more
As time moved forward and the family members grew, war came to Australia with the attack on Darwin. T ...more
Nov 15, 2022
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Reminiscent of Cloudstreet, one of my all time favourite novels, this is a look back at Australian life around the time of the Second World War. Unlike many other works of historical fiction, our recent past is not sugar coated here. Characters are depicted as complex human beings, neither all good nor all bad. There are numerous tragedies and sadnesses that occur against the backdrop of war and the author uses these to deepen our understanding of the key players. Although the title hints that C
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Thank you to Harlequin Australia for sending me a copy of this book to review!
Set in Ballarat from around the 1930s to 1950s, Connie Starr who is the daughter of the Baptist priest and his second wife Flora, has always been a little different and a little difficult.
This book follows Connie, her family and other Ballarat locals during the war and the years after when the men have returned and life goes on - however with no one remaining unchanged.
I have to firstly say that I don’t feel that the ...more
Set in Ballarat from around the 1930s to 1950s, Connie Starr who is the daughter of the Baptist priest and his second wife Flora, has always been a little different and a little difficult.
This book follows Connie, her family and other Ballarat locals during the war and the years after when the men have returned and life goes on - however with no one remaining unchanged.
I have to firstly say that I don’t feel that the ...more
Apr 29, 2022
Jules
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Jun 28, 2022
Helen
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