The Bride of Almond Tree by Robert Hillman - ISBN: 9781922330666
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Love, loyalty, and idealism tested against the tides of history.

The Bride of Almond Tree

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    2 July 2021

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Summary

A love story about loyalty, belief, and idealism, set against the epic sweep of twentieth-century history.

World War II is over and Hiroshima lies in a heap of poisoned rubble when young Quaker Wesley Cunningham returns home to Almond Tree. He served as a stretcher-bearer; he’s seen his fair share of horror. Now he intends to build beautiful houses and to marry, having fallen in love with his neighbour’s daughter Beth Hardy.

Beth has other plans. An ardent socialist, she is co…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781922330666
ISBN-10:1922330663
Author:Robert Hillman
Publisher:Text Publishing
Imprint:The Text Publishing Company
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:2 July 2021
Weight:456g
Dimensions:230mm x 156mm x 25mm
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Critics Review

‘Robert Hillman entwines, with risk and skill, different and seemingly incompatible stories…He adds heft to the distinguished fiction of rural Australia.’

‘Robert Hillman entwines, with risk and skill, different and seemingly incompatible stories…He adds heft to the distinguished fiction of rural Australia.’ – Australian on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
‘It is not often that a novel is both a great read and a sobering chronicle about the painful possibilities of human behaviour…Robert Hillman’s The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted is such a one.’ – Sydney Morning Herald on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
‘Hillman’s ability to conjure up the rhythms and texture of rural life is a source of joy…This is a novel about the importance of freedom as well as the redemptive qualities of love – and how facing up to the past can be the key to both freedom and love.’ – Saturday Paper on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
‘Vivid and moving.’ * Age *

About The Author

Robert Hillman

Robert Hillman has written a number of books including his 2004 memoir The Boy in the Green Suit, which won the National Biography Award, and bestselling novel The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted. He lives in Melbourne.

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