The Last of the Apple Blossom
A sweeping, big-hearted Tasmanian family saga for readers of Judy Nunn and Victoria Purman.
$22.51
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2022
Summary
The fire took everything - except two women’s fighting spirits. A sweeping, big-hearted Australian family saga for readers of Judy Nunn and Victoria Purman.
7 February, 1967. Walls of flame reduce much of Tasmania to ash.
Young schoolteacher Catherine Turner rushes to the Huon Valley to find her family’s apple orchard destroyed, her childhood home in ruins and her brother dead. Despite her father’s declaration that a woman will never run the orchard, Catherine…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781867266419 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1867266415 |
| Author: | Mary-Lou Stephens |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HQ Fiction |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 130mm x 199mm |
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Mary-Lou Stephens
Mary-Lou Stephens was born in Tasmania, studied acting at The Victorian College of the Arts, and played in bands in Melbourne, Hobart, and Sydney. Eventually, she got a proper job in radio, where she was a presenter and music director, first with commercial radio and then with the ABC.
She received rave reviews for her memoir Sex, Drugs and Meditation (2013), the true story of how meditation changed her life, saved her job, and helped her find a husband. The Australian called her debut novel, The Last of the Apple Blossom (2021), ‘an outstanding historical novel about women and the secrets and burdens they carry.’ She is also the author of bestselling novels The Chocolate Factory (2024), The Jam Maker (2025), and The Hobart Hotel (2026).
Mary-Lou has worked and played all over Australia. Now she travels the world with her husband, slowly, and writes, mostly.
Photo Credit: Jessica Hinchliffe
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