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![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() Story set in 1920s. Immigrant australian woman Emily, in Paris with new husband.Husband obsessed with designing Sydney bridge.She trying to find something that is"her"--something that will define her outside of being mother or wife.Visits Tunisia while pregnant[after a liason with a priest] and meets role model woman and becomes interested in historical stories.Begins research, finds herself and eventuallu abandons husband and child to fulfill herself and intellectual needs.Thought provoking and easy read.Enjoyed! no reviews | add a review
With university behind her, Emily Stanton finds herself on the threshold of life. Introduced to a Scottish engineer, the exoticism of his life in Paris beckons, and she leaves her family home in twenties Melbourne to become his wife. But far from providing answers, her conventional marriage awakens in her an ardent desire to find a reason for living beyond that of simply wife and mother, a desire that leads her to flirt with risk, passion and unorthodox friendships, and carries her to Tunisia on a journey of self-questioning and intellectual reawakening. No library descriptions found. |
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