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'It is the late 1940s, and the Broody River runs through a maze of sandbanks into the Coral Sea. On its southern bank lies the holiday town of Baroodibah. But its northern shore is wild – unsettled except for The River House, an old weatherboard box on stumps where the Carlyle family take their holidays.'
'For four-year-old Laurie Carlyle the house and its untold stories fire the imagination. It is a place of boating trips and nature collections, of the wind howling, the sheoaks sighing and the pelicans soaring into the blue sky.'
'But when a squabble between Laurie and her older brother Tony takes an unexpected turn, she detects the first hints of family discord. As the years pass, The River House holidays seem to shine a light on the undercurrents in the family: the secret from her mother's past, the bitterness between Tony and their father Doug, and her sister Miranda's increasingly erratic and dangerous behaviour . . . ' (Source: Publisher's website)
Notes
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Dedication: To Eena
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Epigraph:
Time watches from the shadow
And coughs when you would kiss –W.H. Auden
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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Review : The River House
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , February 2016;
— Review of The River House 2016 single work novel -
Family Saga Slow and Powerful, Shaped by Unpredictable Nature
2016
single work
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 14 February 2016; (p. 16)
— Review of The River House 2016 single work novel -
Powerful Family Saga Shaped by Elemental Forces
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 February 2016; (p. 12)
— Review of The River House 2016 single work novel
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Powerful Family Saga Shaped by Elemental Forces
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 February 2016; (p. 12)
— Review of The River House 2016 single work novel -
Family Saga Slow and Powerful, Shaped by Unpredictable Nature
2016
single work
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 14 February 2016; (p. 16)
— Review of The River House 2016 single work novel -
Review : The River House
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , February 2016;
— Review of The River House 2016 single work novel
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