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Bittersweet

By: Colleen McCullough
Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
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Colleen McCullough always vowed that she would never write another sweeping family saga in the vein of The Thorn Birds, but luckily for her millions of fans she has now written Bittersweet, an epic novel of love, betrayal, ambition and redemption.

Set in the 1920's and 30's in Australia, Bittersweet follows the lives of four sisters - two pairs of twins. Edda, Grace, Kitty, and Tufts are the daughters of Reverend Thomas Latimer, and are about to become the first batch of nurses to be professionally trained in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. For Edda, it is the closest she can come to her dream of being a doctor. For Grace, the hospital is a terrifying place of sickness and mess, while Tufts discovers her hidden talents. For Kitty, it is a way to escape the suffocating love of her mother, who can see nothing beyond Kitty's astonishing beauty.

As career dreams clash with romance, and the Depression casts its shadow across Australia, each of the sisters will be forced to confront her own secret desires and dreams, and discover the true nature of love.

©2013 Colleen McCullough (P)2013 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Historical Fiction Women's Voices Fiction Dream
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So enjoyed this book, great author who keeps you interested and finishes the book off well. Easy to listen to hard to put it down.

Extremely enjoyable

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Wish Colleen was alive so I could ask her which town and which pollies she modelled this book on .
Love the whole darn story ..really grabbed me from the beginning . The double set of twins to two diff mothers is amazing .

Fantastic !

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