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Life in seven mistakes

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  • ""Life in seven mistakes follows the fortunes of the Barton family. Beginning with a fractious and disagreeable family Christmas in an apartment on the Gold Coast, we then step half a century into the past to follow the budding romance and early career of the attractive, idealistic young couple who are destined to become the cantankerous, domineering grandparents who own the Gold Coast apartment. A rich sense of irony imbues the beautifully written scenes set against the backdrop of the Snowy River Scheme, that epic of engineering and cultural change in the 1950's, while the bickering and personal dramas of the present-day family maintain the tension all the way to the unexpected and deeply moving climax. This large-scale, highly emotional, yet sometimes comic novel is Susan Johnson's finest and most commercial achievement yet."--Provided by publisher."
  • "Forty-something Elizabeth Barton has finally achieved her life's dream, an exhibition of her ceramic works in New York at one of the world's most prestigious galleries. Yet her journey there will take her through half a century of her family history and her own dilemmas and perils, not least surviving Christmas with her family on the Gold Coast. Why is it impossible to act our age in front of our parents and how do we begin to care for ageing parents we've spent our life trying to avoid?"

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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Life in seven mistakes : a novel"
  • "Life in seven mistakes"
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