Author: Kate Grenville Publisher: Canongate Publication Date: 2020 Edition: 1st paperback ed ISBN: 1838851240 Type: Paperback
Title: A Room Made of LeavesAuthor: Kate Grenville Publisher: Canongate Publication Date: 2020 ISBN: 1838851240 Type: Paperback Condition: New Edition: 1st paperback ed
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: 2020.
It is 1788. When twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth marries the proud, scarred soldier John Macarthur, she soon realises she has made a terrible mistake. Forced to travel with him to New South Wales, she arrives to find Sydney Town a brutal, dusty, hungry place of makeshift shelters, failing crops, scheming, and rumours. All her life she has learned to fold herself up small. Now, in the vast landscapes of an unknown continent, Elizabeth has to discover a strength she never imagined, and passions she could never express. Inspired by the real life of a remarkable woman, this is an extraordinarily rich, beautifully wrought novel of resilience, courage, and the mystery of human desire.