Melting Moments
Author | : Anna Goldsworthy |
Publisher | : Black Inc. |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2020-03-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781743820858 |
ISBN-13 | : 1743820852 |
Rating | : 4/5 (852 Downloads) |
Download or read book Melting Moments written by Anna Goldsworthy and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1941. Eighteen-year-old Ruby leaves behind the family farm, her serious mother and roguish father, and heads for Adelaide. After a brief courtship, she enters into a hasty marriage with a soldier about to go to war – who returns a changed man. In this absorbing novel, Anna Goldsworthy recreates the world of Adelaide half a century ago, and portrays the phases of a woman’s life with intimacy and sly humour. We follow Ruby as she contends with her damaged husband and eccentric in-laws. We see her experience motherhood and changing social circumstances, until, in a moving twist, a figure from the past reappears, to kindle a late-life romance. In her captivating fiction debut, Goldsworthy evokes a woman’s life in a pre-feminist world. In this tender, funny book, she combines an Austenesque wit with Alice Munro’s feeling for human complexity.