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Wearing Paper Dresses
Wearing Paper Dresses | Anne Brinsden
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You can talk about living in the Mallee. And you can talk about a Mallee tree. And you can talk about the Mallee itself: a land and a place full of red sand and short stubby trees. Silent skies. The undulating scorch of summer plains. (…more)
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Victoria_Clyne
Wearing Paper Dresses | Anne Brinsden
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Marjorie's family return to her father's family farm in the Mallee. Her mother who is a city person struggles to find her place and fit in which has serious repercussions.

I grew up just South of the Mallee and the descriptions of the landscape, the weather and the community so reminded me of my childhood. It was a great read which I felt dealt with some hard facts with great sympathy.

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Joanne1
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When I look back and think what was I doing when the world exploded I‘ll think of reading this book. It took me longer than it should have, because you know... the world exploded, but in the end I did finish it. It‘s melancholy and at times tragic. It‘s not what I would selected if I‘d known what was about to happen but I found it strangely comforting and hopeful.

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Joanne1
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Here‘s a great debut Australian novel that I think deserves a bit of litsy love. Set in the wheat and sheep belt of Victoria (the landscape of my childhood) in the post WWII period. The story touches on the precariousness of living off the land, feeling out of place, mental illness and more. Told through the eyes of Majorie, a child growing into a feisty and unconventional woman. After reading 1/3 I would already highly recommend it.

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Tashreads
Wearing Paper Dresses | Anne Brinsden
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Currently reading.

Karen3 Love the cover! 5y
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Wearing Paper Dresses | Anne Brinsden
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Next up in the Project TBR 2020 - the five most recent additions to my Goodreads want-to-read shelf.

umbrellagirl The Invisible Library was good. I‘d like to read more of that series. 5y
BarbaraBB I loved Disappearing Earth! 5y
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