The House At Salvation Creek

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Bantam
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: First Edition

Description: 370 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Chucking In Her Job Of 25 Years As A Radio, Newspaper And Magazine Journalist After Losing Her Husband And Brother . Finally She Found Happiness Again And Now Lives With Her Husband In The House That Was Built For Dorothea Mackellar.

Publishers Description: A long time ago, but still barely more than ten years, I had another life. In the fast lane. But death changed all that. My brother, John, and my husband, Paul, slid slowly away within three days of each other and nothing was ever the same. Grief sent me mad for a while. Although I only understand that now ' Continuing the story of Susan Duncan's bestselling and much-loved memoir, Salvation Creek, The House picks up after Bob and Susan marry and, two years later, move from her Tin Shed into his 'pale yellow house on the high, rough hill', Tarrangaua, built for the iconic Australian poet, Dorothea Mackellar. Set against the backdrop of the small, close-knit Pittwater community with its colourful characters and quirky history, The House is about what happens when you open the door to life, adventure, and love. But it's also about mothers and daughters, as Susan confronts her mother's new frailty and her own role in what has always been a difficult relationship. Where Salvation Creek was about mortality - living life in the face of death - The House is about stepping outside your comfort zone and embracing challenges, at any age. In turn funny and moving, Susan Duncan's beautifull

ISBN: 9781863256483