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Impulsive, idealistic, and restless, Emily Stanton finds herself with university behind her, on the theshold of life in 1920s Melbourne. When she is introduced to a Franco-Scottish engineer whose Paris home promises the exotic, she chooses against acadmia and leaves Australia to become a wife. But marriage and the prospect of motherhood soon fail to provide sufficient fulfilment and she embarks on... More

Impulsive, idealistic, and restless, Emily Stanton finds herself with university behind her, on the theshold of life in 1920s Melbourne. When she is introduced to a Franco-Scottish engineer whose Paris home promises the exotic, she chooses against acadmia and leaves Australia to become a wife. But marriage and the prospect of motherhood soon fail to provide sufficient fulfilment and she embarks on a journey of self-questioning and intellectual reawakening that takes her as far as Tunisia, and towards a crossroads in her life. A mesmersing, rich story of dreams and obessions that explores the psyche of a woman torn between family and career. A thoughtful book of subtlety and grace.

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