At Home with the Templetons - A Novel

Zusatztext Praise for Monica McInerney   “[Monica] McInerney is Australia’s answer to Maeve Binchy! a modern-day Jane Austen.” — The Sun-Herald (Australia) “A heartfelt! hilarious tale [that] gathers insight! humor! true love and family honor! arranging them like a fragrant bouquet in the perfect vase.” — Times Record News (Wichita Falls! Texas)! on Greetings from Somewhere Else   “McInerney writes books that you want to read by the fire on a cold winter’s day! or read in a hammock on a hot one.” — San Jose Mercury News ! on The Faraday Girls Informationen zum Autor Monica McInerney grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia, where her father was the railway stationmaster. She is the author of the internationally bestselling novels The Alphabet Sisters, Family Baggage, The Faraday Girls, Upside Down Inside Out, Greetings from Somewhere Else, At Home with the Templetons , and Lola’s Secret . She now lives in Dublin with her husband. Klappentext When the Templeton family takes up residence in an imposing and long-empty manor in the countryside of Victoria! Australia! the locals begin to buzz with gossip. The seven Templetons moved from England and seem unusual! peculiar even-especially when they begin to lead tours through the stately home while dressed in period costume. No one is more intrigued by the family than their neighbors! single mother Nina Donovan and her son! Tom. Though they try to keep their distance from the often shocking Templeton dramas! Nina and Tom find their lives unexpectedly entwined with this enigmatic family! much to the delight of Gracie! the youngest Templeton daughter. Then one day! a tragedy tears them all apart. In the grand estate! the stage is set for years of betrayal and heartbreak! love and affection! to be revealed-and! perhaps! resolved-as the Templetons try to make amends. At Home with the Templetons is Monica McInerney's best book yet-a captivating and moving story that spans two decades! illuminating the perils and pleasures of love! friendship! and family. Chapter One Templeton Hall, Victorian Goldfields, Australia 1993 Gracie Templeton had just turned eleven when she discovered there were people who didn't like her family as much as she did. It was Saturday morning, June fifth. She woke at seven, knocked on her two older sisters' bedroom doors, waited for them to shout at her to go away, then knocked again, twice as loudly. Ignoring their second wave of sleepy insults, she went in search of her little brother. He was inclined to sleep in cupboards rather than in his bed, but on this particular Saturday he was, surprisingly, in his bedroom. Under his bed, rather than on it, but easy to find at least. After three failed attempts to wake him, she returned to her own small bedroom at the back of the east wing, the one with blue wallpaper that her father called the Red Room, for reasons he seemed to find funny and she didn't quite understand. It was the first Saturday of the month and Gracie's turn to be the head of the house. She put on the well-ironed long blue cotton dress she'd hung up in her wardrobe the previous evening, adjusted her petticoats, tied on her apron, brushed her unfortunately flyaway white-blond hair until it was a little less flyaway, checked that her black patent leather shoes were shining and her bonnet neatly fastened. After a final look in the mirror, she went downstairs and opened up the dining room, the library, and the morning room. She switched on all fifteen of the lamps, from the small table ones with the colored glass shades to the large standard models with the heavy brocade covers. Next, she polished the dining-room table. It was eight feet long and four feet wide and she couldn't quite reach the middle of it, but with the lamps turned...

Product details

• Authors: Monica Mcinerney
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2011
• EAN: 9780345518651
• ISBN: 978-0-345-51865-1
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 203 mm x 24 mm