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The Precipice

Virginia Duigan

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Jun 30, 2011 Brenda rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, aussie-authors, sent-by-publisher, own-read

Thea Farmer, 77 year old retired school principal, had just sold her dream home, one she designed and had built as her retirement home. But the “financial crash” saw her lose everything, so the sale of her home was unavoidable. She had a small cottage across the road, which she called the hovel, into which she moved when the sale went through. Thea was a recluse who lived with her labrador Teddy, her companion for the past thirteen years, and she didn’t want anything to do with her new neighbour ...more

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Aug 09, 2011 Dee-Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: humour, australian-authors, goodreads-giveaway

I was teetering between 4 and 5 stars. I really liked this book, I could relate to the way the character talked, the language ... even though at times I needed a dictionary ... as I have an older friend who talks the same way, has the same sardonic view on life, people etc. I was great to see it written down, but it caught me in the beginning, as I had not really read the back cover, and did not realise that it was the ramblings of an educated oldish woman. I got a real sense of location though, ...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Mish rated it really liked it

Shelves: australian-authors

This book was wonderful. It started of at a slow pace but then slowly builds up to a very dramatic ending. Thea's once calm and quiet life in the Blue Mountains is disrupted by her new neighbours Frank & Ellice. Somehow they seem to force their way into Thea's life and I could feel she was rather uncomfortable about the situation and a little anxious at the start.

Thea developed a lovely friendship with their 12 year old niece Kim. They seem to have many things in common. Their love of animals, ...more

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Aug 16, 2011 Raylea rated it liked it

Pleasant read. The writer withheld information until so late in the book (the last 3 pages) so that the end was very abrupt. Good read throughout though.

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