Description
The Ladies of Missalonghi: A sweeping romance from bestselling author of The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
Hardcover – 23 March 2015
Missy Wright lives with her widowed mother and crippled aunt in genteel poverty, victim to the family’s rule of inheritance: the men take it all. It seems Missy’s life is destined to be dreary. But then a stranger arrives in town. A divorcee from Sydney. And she opens Missy’s eyes to the possibility of a happy ending.
An endearing tale, full of wit, warmth and romance, from the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds.
The Hurlingford family have ruled the small town of Byron, nestled in the Blue Mountains, for generations. Wealthy, powerful and cruel, they get what they want, every time.
Missy Wright lives with her widowed mother and crippled aunt in genteel poverty. Hurlingfords by birth, all three are victim to the family’s rule of inheritance: the men take it all. Plain, thin and unforgivably single, it seems Missy’s life is destined to be dreary.
But then a stranger arrives in town. A divorcee from Sydney. And she opens Missy’s eyes to the possibility of a happy ending.
About the Author
Colleen McCullough was born in New South Wales in 1937. A neuroscientist by training, she worked in hospitals in Sydney, London and Yale. By night, she wrote — and her second novel, “The Thorn Birds” (1977) became a global bestseller. She published 25 novels, ranging from love stories to crime fiction, including the monumental, seven-volume “Masters of Rome” historical fiction series.
Product details
- Publisher : Head of Zeus GB (23 March 2015)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1784082864
- ISBN-13 : 978-1784082864
- Dimensions : 12.8 x 2.7 x 19.3 cm
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.