Australia Street
by Ann Whitehead
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Friday the thirteenth of February 1948 is Hannah Gordon's thirty-sixth birthday. Her daughter Allie turns sixteen on the very same day. What's more, it's a full moon. Hannah doesn't need Grandma Ade's warning that bad luck is coming to realise the odds are against them. Hannah Gordon has always wanted to be someone important, yet she's stuck in an inner-city back street, fighting to keep hold of her children, her home and her sense of self. Then a devastating accident sets off a chain of show more events that will rock the family foundations to the core and change lives forever. show lessTags
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An engaging saga: lives of families in inner suburbs post World War II. Plot is well structured and characters attainable. (Slightly Park 'Poor man's orange' in style)
A good "yarn" with likable and relatable characters. The author captures the different perspectives of the various relationships in the family well. A nice enjoyable read.
It is good to read a book set in a country and a city that you know.
Hannah Gordon the main character of this book has always wnated to be someone important and to accomplish more that she has but she has married youn, had three children and is living in a back street in Sydney struggling to keep hold of her family and her home.
Then a tragic accident occurs on hers and her daughters birthday and this changes the lives of her and her children forever.
I enjoyed this book and felt i t captured the era very well. It was easy to identify with the characters and the struggles that they were having and the characters were likeable.
Hannah Gordon the main character of this book has always wnated to be someone important and to accomplish more that she has but she has married youn, had three children and is living in a back street in Sydney struggling to keep hold of her family and her home.
Then a tragic accident occurs on hers and her daughters birthday and this changes the lives of her and her children forever.
I enjoyed this book and felt i t captured the era very well. It was easy to identify with the characters and the struggles that they were having and the characters were likeable.
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