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The Transit of Venus

Shirley Hazzard

The Transit of Venus

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ISBN:
9781860491818
ISBN-10:
1-860-49181-2

Virago

A Virago title

Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long and hopelessly by young scientist, Ted Tice, she is to find that love brings passion, sorrow, betrayal and finally hope. The milder Grace seeks fulfilment in an apparently happy marriage. But as the decades pass and the characters weave in and out of each other's lives, love, death and two slow-burning secrets wait in ambush for them.

Reviews

  • 'A wonderfully mysterious book … Both plot and characters are many layered. Unforgettably rich' ANNE TYLER
  • 'A dose of the sublime .. I read it with an almost indescribable pleasure. There were sentences that brought tears of gratification to my eyes' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Paperback: £7.99

Published 06/05/2004

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