Download or read book Charades written by Janette Turner Hospital and published by University of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vibrant, superbly crafted novel explores the elusive boundaries between existence and imagination, memory and truth. From the subtropical lushness of Queensland's Tamborine rainforest to the claustrophobic bedroom of a Boston physicist, Hospital's characters breathe an atmosphere of passion and suspense. Charade Ryan, an enigmatic story-spinning scheherazade, searches for a way to unravel the long-hold secrets of her family origins.