Name: Bittersweet: A Novel
SKU: 48498939
Price: 21.02 EUR
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Author: Colleen McCullough
ISBN: 9781476755441

Type

Physical Book

Author

Colleen McCullough

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.3x14x2.3 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781476755441

Synopsis "Bittersweet: A Novel"

Colleen McCullough's new, romantic Australian novel about four unforgettable sisters taking their places in life during the tumultuous years after World War I is "just as epic as her ultra-romantic classic, The Thorn Birds" (Marie Claire). Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. Yet each of these vivacious young women has her own dream for herself: Edda wants to be a doctor, Grace wants to marry, Tufts wants never to marry, and Kitty wishes to be known for something other than her beauty. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood at the beginning of the twentieth century, life holds limited prospects for them. Together they decide to enroll in a training program for nurses--a new option for women of their time. As the Latimer sisters become immersed in hospital life and the demands of their training, each must make weighty decisions about love, career, and what she values most. The results are sometimes happy, sometimes heartbreaking, but always...bittersweet. Set against the background of a young and largely untamed nation, "filled with humor, insight, and captivating historical detail, McCullough's latest is a wise and warm tribute to family, female empowerment, and her native land" (People).

Colleen McCullough

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Colleen McCullough (1937-2015) fue una neurocientífica y escritora australiana, reconocida mundialmente por la novela El pájaro espino (1977), adaptada a una exitosa serie de televisión, y por su detallada saga histórica Los Maestros de Roma. Con una sólida formación en neurología, trabajó en universidades como Yale antes de dedicarse por completo a la escritura, donde destacó por sus historias románticas y gran rigor histórico, viviendo gran parte de su vida en la Isla Norfolk.

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