The godmothers / Monica McInerney
- Bib ID:
- 8168600
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McInerney, Monica, author
- Description:
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- Docklands, VIC : Penguin Random House Australia, 2020
- ©2020
- 439 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781760893736 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781760893750 (epub)
- Summary:
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Eliza Miller grew up in Australia as the only daughter of a troubled single mother, but with the constant support of two watchful godmothers, Olivia and Maxie. Despite her tricky childhood, she always felt loved and secure. Until, just weeks before her eighteenth birthday, the tragic death of her mother changed everything. Thirteen years on, Eliza is deliberately living a life as safe as possible – avoiding close relationships and devoting herself to her job. But, one hot March day, an unexpected invitation from her godmothers, now both based in the UK, prompts a leap into the unknown. Within a fortnight, Eliza has swapped her predictable routine in Melbourne for life in the middle of a complicated family in Edinburgh. She accepts a new job offer (when no one else will take it) and finds herself working for the most bad-tempered elderly woman she’s ever met. And just for good measure, her employer’s two adult grandsons are stirring up trouble too. There’s no such thing as an ordinary day any more. Yet, amidst the chaos, Eliza begins to blossom. She finds herself not only hopeful about the future, but ready to explore her past. Her godmothers have long been waiting for her to ask about her mother’s mysterious life – and about the identity of the father she has never known. But even they are taken by surprise with all that Eliza discovers. Set in Australia, Scotland, Ireland and England, The godmother is a story about love, loss, hope and sorrow, about the families we are born in to and the families we make for ourselves.
- Notes:
- NLApp88225
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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