Title A curious intimacy / Jessica White

Published Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Group, 2008

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	827.04 W5853 A6/C		AVAILABLE

Description 298 pages ; 20 cm Summary In the 1870s two remarkable women meet in a remote country town in Western Australia. Ingrid is a botanist, fiercely independent and travelling alone as she collects botanical specimens. She's also trying to out-run a broken heart after her lover, Helena, was forced to marry Notes Previously published: Viking, 2007 Subject Country life -- Australia -- Western Australia -- 19th century -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Australia -- 19th century -- Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Western Australia -- 19th century -- Fiction. Women -- Australia -- History -- 1851-1901 -- Fiction SUBJECT Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 1851-1901 -- Fiction Genre/Form Fiction. ISBN 9780143007609 (paperback)

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